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Data & Analytics · Intermediate

Hypothesis Testing

A statistical procedure for deciding whether sample evidence is strong enough to reject a null hypothesis about a population.

Definition

The steps are: state H0 and H1, choose α, select the test, compute the test statistic and p-value, then reject H0 or fail to reject it.

Exam tip

You never 'accept' H0; you fail to reject it.

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