Hypothesis Testing

Question 1

The ___ level represents the difference between the sample and the population:

Answer 1

Significance

Question 2

The point of analysis at which the null hypothesis is either accepted or rejected is called:

Answer 2

The region of rejection

Question 3

The ____ hypothesis is an ‘educated guess’ that the treatment/intervention will have no effect:

Answer 3

Null

Question 4

The ____ hypothesis is an ‘educated guess’ that the treatment/intervention will have an effect:

Answer 4

Alternative

Question 5

Methods of data collection used to make inferences about the characteristics of a population are known as:

Answer 5

Inferential statistics

Question 6

This value defines the absolute threshold for a value to be statistically significant:

Answer 6

Alpha

Question 7

In psychology, the alpha value generally sits at ___ or ___:

Answer 7

.05; .01

Question 8

A ______ test asses the half of a sampling distribution that falls above the mean:

Answer 8

One-tailed

Question 9

A directional alternative hypothesis is used when evidence suggests that the treatment/intervention:

Answer 9

Will have an effect in a specific direction

Question 10

_____ ____ are made when one’s choice to accept or reject the null hypothesis is ____:

Answer 10

Decision errors; wrong

Question 11

This value represents the statistical probability that a type 2 error is made:

Answer 11

Beta