HYPOTHESIS TESTING

Part 1: ONE-SAMPLE TESTS OF HYPOTHESIS Part 2: TWO-SAMPLE TESTS OF HYPOTHESIS

1.1. Testing a Hypothesis About Population Mean (𝝁𝟎 ) with  known → z 2.1. TESTING POPULATION MEAN () of two dependent samples→ Paired t-test
• Critical Value (Table 1: crit-z) • Critical Value:
One-tailed Test Two-tailed Test Find Critical Value in Table Student-t with degree of freedom:

z z/2 df = n-1 (n= number of paired sample)
0.01 2.33 2.576
• Computed value:
0.05 1.645 1.96
0.10 1.28 1.645
t=
d
Where sd =
 (d − d ) 2

sd / n n −1
• Computed value:
x − 0
z=
/ n
2.2. TESTING POPULATION MEAN () of two independent samples:
1.2. Testing a Hypothesis About Population Mean (𝝁𝟎 ) with  unknown → t
2.2.1. 1 and 2 known:
• Critical Value:
• Critical Value: see Table 1: crit-z
Find Critical Value in Table t-distribution with degree of freedom: df = n-1
• Computed Value:
• Computed value: x−
t= 0

s/ n
1.3. Testing a Hypothesis About Population Proportion (p0) → z
• Critical Value: see Table 1: crit-z 2.2.2. 1 and 2 unknown:
• Critical Value:
• Computed value: Find Critical Value in Table Student-t with degree of freedom:

(round down to integer)

• Computed Value:

2.3. TESTING POPULATION PROPORTION (π) :

• Critical Value: see Table 1: crit-z
• Computed Value
p1 − p2
x1 + x2 z=
pc = pc (1 − pc ) pc (1 − pc )
n1 + n2 +
n1 n2