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Tests of Hypothesis

Hypothesis testing is a statistical method for evaluating claims about a population, involving the null hypothesis, which states there is no effect or relationship, and the alternative hypothesis, which asserts there is a difference or effect. The level of significance, denoted by alpha, indicates the probability of rejecting a true null hypothesis, commonly set at 0.01, 0.05, or 0.10 in various fields. The choice between one-tailed and two-tailed tests depends on the nature of the alternative hypothesis.

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Tests of Hypothesis

Hypothesis testing is a statistical method for evaluating claims about a population, involving the null hypothesis, which states there is no effect or relationship, and the alternative hypothesis, which asserts there is a difference or effect. The level of significance, denoted by alpha, indicates the probability of rejecting a true null hypothesis, commonly set at 0.01, 0.05, or 0.10 in various fields. The choice between one-tailed and two-tailed tests depends on the nature of the alternative hypothesis.

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Tests of Hypothesis

GRACE KRISTINE C. CANAMA


Subject Teacher
In statistics, a hypothesis is an assumption or
conjecture about a population parameter which
may or may not be true.

In the scientific method, the hypothesis is


constructed before any applicable research has
been done.
HYPOTHESIS TESTING

- It is a decision-making process for


evaluating claims about the population.
- It is basically testing an
assumption that we can make
about a population.
Null was defined as having no value or
amounting to nothing
 Null hypothesis is a statement denoted by , that states that
there is no difference, no changes, nothing happened, no
relationship between a parameter and a specific value, or the
independent variable has no effect on the dependent
variable.
Null Hypothesis

- It is the initial claim

- It shows no significant difference, no


effect, no changes, nothing happened,
no relationship between two
parameters.
- The independent variable has no
effect on the dependent variable.

𝐻 0 : 𝜇 1=𝜇 2
 It makes a statement about the population not the sample. The true
value of the population parameter is specified in writing the null
hypothesis.
 Alternative hypothesis is a statement denoted by , is a
statement that states that there is a difference, an effect,
change, relationship between a parameter and a specific
value, the independent variable has an effect on the
dependent variable, or something happened.
An alternative hypothesis is a statement that directly
contradicts a null hypothesis by stating that the actual
value of a population parameter is less than, greater
than, or not equal to the value stated in the null
hypothesis.
Alternative Hypothesis

-It shows significant difference, an effect,


change, relationship between a
parameter and specific value.
- The independent variable has an
effect on the dependent variable.
𝐻0 : 𝜇 1 ≠ 𝜇 2
𝐻 0 : 𝜇 1<𝜇 2
𝐻 0 : 𝜇 1>𝜇 2
The alternative hypothesis will also determine the type of hypothesis
testing will be conducted.
One-tailed test will be used when using or .
Two-tailed test will be used when is used.
Below are the common phrases used in hypothesis testing that will
guide you the correct symbol to be used in formulating alternative
hypothesis.
Example:

1. Does the mean grade of Grade 11 students in Statistics and Probability differ from 5%?
2. Is the proportion of senior high school male student’s height significantly higher than the senior
high school female student’s?
LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE
Significance is defined as the quality of being
statistically significant

Level of significance, or significance level, refers


to a criterion of judgment upon which a decision is
made regarding the value stated in a null hypothesis.
Its value is between 0 to 1 or between 0% to 100%.
The level of significance, denoted by the Greek letter
alpha , is a probability of rejecting a true null
hypothesis. In public health research, alpha is usually
0.01 or 1%. In social science, alphais usually 0.05 or
5% and 0.10 or 10% in other studies. This implies that
there is 1%, 5%, or 10% probability of rejecting a true
null hypothesis. Further, it implies that the result has
99%, 95%, or 90% chance of being true, respectively.

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