Hypothesis Testing SUNY Oneonta假设检验纽约州立大学奥尼昂塔.pptVIP

Hypothesis Testing What is a Hypothesis In statistics, a hypothesis is a claim or statement about a characteristic of a population. A Null Hypothesis, denoted Ho, is a statistical hypothesis that contains a statement of equality such as . The Alternative Hypothesis, denoted Ha, is the compliment of the null hypothesis. It is a statement that must be true if Ho is false and it contains a statement of inequality, such as . Testing the Hypothesis There are two basic approaches to testing a hypothesis. 1) p-value approach 2) critical value approach Similar to wh