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Cogito

Probability and Statistics · Chapter 8 · Lesson 2

Practice Worksheet

Hypothesis Testing

Could chance alone explain this?

12 problems · about 23 minutes · TEKS P.S.4.E, S-IC.B.5

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Figure — use these to answer the problems

Widen the gap between the two bars. The larger the gap, the harder chance alone is to believe.
Observed62
Expected50
Observed62
Expected under the null50
Figure 1

Warm Up

Straightforward practice. Get the method working first.

5 problems

  1. p-value 0.002 at the 0.05 level. Significant? 1 yes, 0 no.

    Answer

  2. What exactly does a p-value measure?

    • The chance of a result this extreme, assuming the null is true.
    • The probability that the null hypothesis is true.

  3. p-value 0.01 at the 0.05 level. Significant? 1 yes, 0 no.

    Answer

  4. p-value 0.20 at the 0.05 level. Significant? 1 yes, 0 no.

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  5. Which hypothesis states no effect? 1 null, 2 alternative.

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Build It Up

The same ideas with more to keep track of.

3 problems

  1. A fair coin, 100 tosses. Expected heads?

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  2. The usual significance threshold, as a decimal?

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  3. Does a smaller p-value mean more surprising under the null? 1 yes, 0 no.

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Stretch Yourself

Mixed problems. Work out what kind of question it is before you start.

4 problems

  1. Put a hypothesis test in order.

    Write 1 to 4 in the boxes to put these in order.

    • State the null and alternative hypotheses.
    • Collect data and compute the statistic.
    • Find the p-value, assuming the null is true.
    • Compare it to the threshold and conclude in context.

  2. p-value 0.049 at the 0.05 level. Significant? 1 yes, 0 no.

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  3. The Threshold

    p-value 0.03 at the 0.05 level. Is the result significant? 1 yes, 0 no.

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  4. The Large p

    p-value 0.40. Does this prove the null hypothesis is true? 1 yes, 0 no.

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