Hypothesis testing

Question 1

hypothesis definition

Answer 1

statement made about a value of a population parameter

tested through experiments or samples

Question 2

test statistic definition

Answer 2

result of an experiment or statistic calculated from the sample

Question 3

null hypothesis definition

Answer 3

H0

assume to be correct

Question 4

alternative hypothesis definition

Answer 4

H1

shows when the assumption is wrong

Question 5

critical region definition

Answer 5

set of values which lead to rejecting null hypothesis

Question 6

critical value definition

Answer 6

first value to fall inside critical region