Significance Testing

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Significance Testing

Main Points

Rejecting Chance

Examples of H0

(continued)

Example: Calling an Election

H0: p < 50% For Candidate

The Test Statistic

p-value

Don’t confuse p and p

Deviation

Definition of p-value

z - value

Example

(reality check)

p-value is 2 x Tail Area tail = .01, so p=.02

Confidence = 1-p

Type I and II Errors

Two Proportions

continued

Two Means

continued

Other Test Stats

Other Tests continued

Author: ITS

Email: george-woodworth@uiowa.edu

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