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  2. Type I and type II errors - Wikipedia

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    The consistent application by statisticians of Neyman and Pearson's convention of representing "the hypothesis to be tested" (or "the hypothesis to be nullified") with the expression H 0 has led to circumstances where many understand the term "the null hypothesis" as meaning "the nil hypothesis" – a statement that the results in question have ...

  3. Null hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    A possible null hypothesis is that the mean male score is the same as the mean female score: H 0: μ 1 = μ 2. where H 0 = the null hypothesis, μ 1 = the mean of population 1, and μ 2 = the mean of population 2. A stronger null hypothesis is that the two samples have equal variances and shapes of their respective distributions.

  4. Alternative hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    In statistical hypothesis testing, the null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis are two mutually exclusive statements. "The statement being tested in a test of statistical significance is called the null hypothesis. The test of significance is designed to assess the strength of the evidence against the null hypothesis.

  5. Statistical hypothesis test - Wikipedia

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    An example of Neyman–Pearson hypothesis testing (or null hypothesis statistical significance testing) can be made by a change to the radioactive suitcase example. If the "suitcase" is actually a shielded container for the transportation of radioactive material, then a test might be used to select among three hypotheses: no radioactive source ...

  6. Power (statistics) - Wikipedia

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    We define two hypotheses the null hypothesis, and the alternative hypothesis. If we design the test such that α is the significance level - being the probability of rejecting H 0 {\displaystyle H_{0}} when H 0 {\displaystyle H_{0}} is in fact true, then the power of the test is 1 - β where β is the probability of failing to reject H 0 ...

  7. One- and two-tailed tests - Wikipedia

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    In statistical significance testing, a one-tailed test and a two-tailed test are alternative ways of computing the statistical significance of a parameter inferred from a data set, in terms of a test statistic. A two-tailed test is appropriate if the estimated value is greater or less than a certain range of values, for example, whether a test ...

  8. Test statistic - Wikipedia

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    Test statistic is a quantity derived from the sample for statistical hypothesis testing. [1] A hypothesis test is typically specified in terms of a test statistic, considered as a numerical summary of a data-set that reduces the data to one value that can be used to perform the hypothesis test.

  9. Z-test - Wikipedia

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    First, estimate the expected value μ of T under the null hypothesis, and obtain an estimate s of the standard deviation of T. Second, determine the properties of T : one tailed or two tailed. For Null hypothesis H 0: μ≥μ 0 vs alternative hypothesis H 1: μ<μ 0, it is lower/left-tailed (one tailed).