April 25, 2009 - Key Concepts

KEY CONCEPTS

A. Introduction to Hypothesis Testing
a) Defining hypothesis testing
o Null and alternate hypothesis
o Type I and type II errors
b) Types of alternate hypothesis
o Left-tailed test
o Right-tailed test
o Two-tailed test

B. Hypothesis Testing for the Mean (Large Samples)
a) Hypothesis testing for large samples using the P-value
b) Hypothesis testing for large samples using rejection region
C. Hypothesis Testing for the Mean (Small Samples)
a) Hypothesis testing for small samples using t-test