35 - Hypothesis Testing
What is the formal inference process for testing a hypothesis?
Practice
Chapter 20 # 1, 3, 11, Read chapter 20
Vocabulary
Null Hypothesis, Alternate Hypothesis, one-tailed alternative, two-tailed alternative, p-value
Study Questions
- What is the point of a hypothesis test?
- How do you choose when to use a one-tailed or two-tailed alternative?
- Is it necessary to check the conditions for one-proportion z-test? Why or Why not?
- What is p-value and what does a high or low p-value tell us?
Resources
- Slide Deck: 35-Hypothesis-testing.pdf