Hypothesis Testing Flashcards
1
Q
What is a hypothesis?
A
A statement made about the value of a population parameter.
2
Q
What is a test statistic?
A
The result of the experiment or the statistic that is calculated from the sample.
3
Q
What is the null hypothesis?
A
The hypothesis that you assume to be correct.
4
Q
What does the alternative hypothesis tell you?
A
It tells you about the parameter if your assumption is shown to be wrong.
