The statistical process where we assume the null hypothesis is true, collect data, determine how likely our data would be if the null hypothesis were true, and use this result to determine whether or not to reject the null hypothesis.
Published: Mar 8th, 2013
To try out this process for yourself, you can try this interactive applet to test whether the free throw percentage of a selected basketball player is different from 80%. Interactive Applet: Reasoning […]
Published: Feb 16th, 2013
http://phhp-faculty-cantrell.sites.medinfo.ufl.edu/files/2012/12/DIG_10001_157.swf This document is linked from Unit 4A: Statistical Inference (Part 1).
Published: Jul 30th, 2012
Required Reading: From the online version of Little Handbook of Statistical Practice, this reading contains excellent comments about common reasons why many feel that “statistics is hard.”
Published: Jul 28th, 2012
Introduction General Idea and Logic of Hypothesis Testing CO-6: Apply basic concepts of probability, random variation, and commonly used statistical probability distributions. LO 6.26: Outline the logic and process of hypothesis […]
Published: Jul 28th, 2012
Introduction Types of Inference (Point Estimation, Interval Estimation, Hypothesis Testing) Inference for One Variable Outline of the Process Applied Steps (What do Researchers Do?) Theoretical Steps (What do Statisticians Do?) […]