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What is a hypothesis test

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A test using samples or an experiment to determine whether or not to reject the hypothesis

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2
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What is the critical value

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The first value to fall inside of the critical region

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3
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The acceptance region

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The region where we accept the null hypothesis

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The critical region

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The region where we reject the null hypothesis

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5
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If two events are independent

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P(A n B) = P(A) x P(B)
P(A|B)= P(A)

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Discrete uniform distribution

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When the probability of each outcome is the same

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7
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When can you use binomial distribution

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There is a fixed number of trials, there are two possible outcomes, there is a fixed probability of success, trials are independent of each other

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If two events are mutually exclusive

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P (A n B) = 0
P (A U B)= P(A) + P(B)

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What is P(A|B)

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It is the probability of A given that B has occurred.
P(A n B) / P(B)

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How to find P(A U B)

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P(A) + P(B) - P(A n B) or 1 — P(A’ n B’)

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When can you use normal distribution

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When n is large (n>50 usually)
When the p-value is close to 0.5

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