Hypothesis testing Flashcards

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Inferential statistics

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Used to decide about the population, based on observations of the sample

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2
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Characteristics of the population

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paramaters

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3
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Characteristics of the sample

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statistics

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4
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mean and sd of the population

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μ and σ

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5
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mean and sd of the sample

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x(bar) and s

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6
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Standard error of the mean

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the degree to which means differ from one sample to another

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If σ is large…

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there is a lot of variability between sample means

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Null hypothesis

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the treatment has no effects and the observed mean is drawn from the original population

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9
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the alternative hypothesis

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the treatment has an effect and the observed mean is drawn from a different population

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10
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Significance level

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is also known as the alpha level.

it is the probability value that defines the boundary between rejecting and retaining the null hypothesis

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11
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if p < alpha….

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we reject the null hypothesis

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12
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Region of rejection

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the proportion of area in a sampling distribution that represents the sample means that are improbable if the null hypothesis is true

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13
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what our critical value for the region of rejection if p=0.05?

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z=1.64

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14
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When is a one-tailed test used?

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When there is evidence to suggest that the treatment will an effect in a particular direction
- must be decided before the experiment!

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15
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when is a two-tailed test used?

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when there is no reason to predict the direction of the effect

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16
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Type I error

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rejecting the null hypothesis when is it true

17
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what is the probability of making a type I error?

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alpha = region of rejection

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Type II error

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retaining the null hypothesis when it is false

19
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what is the probability of making a type II error?

20
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true or false - you can both type II and type I errors?

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FALSE - they are mutually exclusive

21
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What does minimising type II errors mean?

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reducing beta and increasing power (1- beta)

22
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How can we increase power? (four ways)

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  1. increase alpha
  2. increase n (sample size)
  3. use powerful statistical tests
  4. have a good experimental design
23
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How can we get the standard error of the mean when we don’t know the population parameters?

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by using an estimate based on the sample

24
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Simple sample t-test

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a parametric procedure used to test the null hypothesis for a single-sample experiment when the sd of the population must be estimated

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Student's t-test
a parametric procedure for small samples
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Degrees of freedom
n-1 | how many scores in the sample are free to vary (all the scores except the last one)
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Three assumptions we make when using a single-sample t-test
1. the random sample comprises interval or ratio scores 2. the distribution of individual scores is normal 3. the sd of the mean is estimated using the sample
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two-sample t-test
a parametric procedure in which we compare the difference between two sample means