04+Hypothesis+Testing

=Monday, January 10, 2011=

Hypothesis Testing
· Central Limit Theorem · Ruling out chance as an explanation · The null hypothesis · Steps in hypothesis testing · Why the null hypothesis is not accepted o Fallacy of affirming the consequent o The meaning of the //p//-value o At what level is H0 really rejected? Understanding α o Statistical and practical significance o Type I and II errors o One- and two-tailed tests

Readings
Statistical hypothesis testing-Wikipedia: [] Statistics One- and Two-Tailed Tests – CliffsNotes: [] New View of Statistics P Values- 1- and 2-tailed tests: [] Type I and II Error: [|http://www.cs.uni.edu/~campbell/stat/inf5.html] Type I and Type II Errors-Justice System: [] Errors in Hypothesis Testing-Applet: [] Logical Fallacies» Affirming the Consequent: [] The Logical Fallacies Affirming the Consequent: [] YouTube - Error Type (Type I & II): [] YouTube - Understanding the p-value: []