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Math AP®︎ Statistics Significance tests (hypothesis testing) The idea of significance tests

The idea of significance tests

    • Idea behind hypothesis testing
    • Examples of null and alternative hypotheses
    • Practice: Writing null and alternative hypotheses
    • P-values and significance tests
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    • Comparing P-values to different significance levels
    • Estimating a P-value from a simulation
    • Practice: Estimating P-values from simulations
    • Using P-values to make conclusions
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    Error probabilities and power
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Math·AP®︎ Statistics·Significance tests (hypothesis testing) ·The idea of significance tests

P-values and significance tests

The idea of significance tests

    • Idea behind hypothesis testing
    • Examples of null and alternative hypotheses
    • Practice: Writing null and alternative hypotheses
    • P-values and significance tests
      This is the currently selected item.
    • Comparing P-values to different significance levels
    • Estimating a P-value from a simulation
    • Practice: Estimating P-values from simulations
    • Using P-values to make conclusions
    Next lesson
    Error probabilities and power
Writing null and alternative hypotheses
Comparing P-values to different significance levels
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Comparing P-values to different significance levels