OMIS 2010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Null Hypothesis, Type I And Type Ii Errors, Test Statistic
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This chapter introduced hypothesis testing, the central topic of a statistics course. Almost every chapter following this one uses the concepts, terminology, and notation discussed here. As a result, your understanding of the material in this chapter is critical to your mastery of the subject. If you do not have a strong grasp of this material, you will not be capable of applying statistical techniques with any degree of success. We recommend that you spend as much time as possible on this chapter. You will find it to be a worthwhile investment. In this section, we presented the basic concepts of hypothesis testing. You are expected to know that meaning of the new terms introduced in the section. 11. 1 define the following terms: type i error, type ii error, rejection region. 11. 3 testing the population mean when the population standard.