Chapter8HypothesisTestingI-PublishWeb.ppt

Chapter 7 (2/3e), 8 (1e) Hypothesis Testing: One Sample Cases Outline: The logic of hypothesis testing The Five-Step Model Hypothesis testing for single sample means (z test and t test) Testing sample proportions One- vs. Two- tailed tests Significant Differences Hypothesis testing is designed to detect significant differences: differences that did not occur by random chance. In the “one sample” case: we compare a random sample (from a large group) to a population. We compare a sample statistic to a population parameter to see if there is a significant difference. Our Problem: The educa