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Research Methodology Pavitar Parkash Singh, Lovely Professional University

Notes Unit 12: Hypothesis Testing

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
12.1 Steps Involved in Hypothesis Testing
12.1.1 Formulate the Hypothesis

12.1.2 Significance Level
12.2 Errors in Hypothesis Testing
12.3 Parametric Tests
12.3.1 One Sample Test

12.3.2 Two Sample Test
12.4 Chi-square Test
12.5 ANOVA
12.5.1 One-way ANOVA
12.5.2 Two-way ANOVA
12.6 Non-parametric Test

12.6.1 One Sample Tests
12.6.2 Two Sample Tests
12.6.3 K Sample Test
12.7 Summary

12.8 Keywords
12.9 Review Questions
12.10 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:

 Identify the Steps involved in Hypothesis Testing
 Resolve the errors in Hypothesis Testing
 Describe the One Sample and Two Sample Parametric Tests

 Explain the Chi-square Test
 Recognize the conception of ANOVA

Introduction

A statistical hypothesis test is a method of making statistical decisions using experimental data.
In statistics, a result is called statistically significant if it is unlikely to have occurred by chance.

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