Hypothesis Testing Flashcards
1
Q
What is a test statistic?
A
The result of the experiment
2
Q
What is a critical region?
A
A region of the probability distribution which, if the test statistic falls within it, would cause you to reject the null hypothesis
3
Q
What is a critical value?
A
The first value to fall inside of the critical region
4
Q
What is the actual significance level?
A
The probability of incorrectly rejecting the null hypothesis