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Statistics - Exam 4

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Probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when in fact the null hypothesis is true   level of significance  
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Denoted by a (alpha)   level of significance  
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If a (alpha) is not given use:   .05  
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_______ is a test or statement about a population parameter such as mean, and it must contain the condition of equality.   null hypothesis  
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______ is denoted by H0   null hypothesis  
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_______ is a test or statement about a population parameter and tests for a significant change   alternative hypothesis  
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_______ is denoted by H1   alternative hypothesis  
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Psychology, education, sociology and athletics are more likely to use a _______ alpha   larger  
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Medical professions and engineering are more likely to use a _______ alpha   smaller  
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Set of values of the test statistic that leads to the rejection of the null hypothesis   critical region  
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Value that separates the critical region from the non-critical region   critical value  
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Value computed from the sample data ; used to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis or not   test statistic  
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Probability of getting a sample statistic (such as the mean) or more extreme value in the direction of the alternative hypothesis when the null hypothesis is true   p-value  
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if p-value is less than or equal to alpha then ________   reject the null hypothesis  
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if p-value is greater than alpha then ________   do not reject the null hypothesis  
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A very small p-value indicates a ________ of the null hypothesis   strong rejection  
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complete collection of people, objects, scores, etc. to studied   population  
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any sub collection of data drawn from a population   sample  
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value measuring some characteristic of a population   parameter  
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value measuring some characteristic of a sample   statistic  
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proportion of a population symbol   p  
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mean of a population symbol   µ (mu)  
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variance of a population symbol   σ²  
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standard deviation of a population symbol   σ  
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variance of a sample symbol   s²  
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standard deviation of a sample symbol   s  
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mean of a sample symbol   x bar  
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proportion of a sample symbol   p hat  
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What tells the researcher how confident he or she is with the final conclusion?   p-value  
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