Hypothesis Testing: Concepts, Steps, and Result Interpretation

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Hypothesis Testing: Concepts, Steps, and Interpretation

Background:

  • A statistical hypothesis is an assumption about a population parameter. This assumption may or may not be true.
  • The best way to determine whether a statistical hypothesis is true would be to examine the entire population.

Since that is often impractical, researchers typically examine a random sample from the population.

If sample data are not consistent with the statistical hypothesis, the hypothesis is rejected.

The question of interest

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