HYPOTHESIS TESTING-INTRO

1. A process for evaluating claims about the population is _____.

• HYPOTHESIS

• HYPOTHESIS TESTING

• CRITICAL VALUE

• CRITICAL REGION

2. It is defined as a proposed explanation (may or may not be true) for a phenomenon that can be used as a basis for further verification or investigation.

• HYPOTHESIS

• HYPOTHESIS TESTING

• CRITICAL VALUE

• CRITICAL REGION

3. States that there is no difference between a parameter and a statistic.

• HYPOTHESIS

• HYPOTHESIS TESTING

• NULL HYPOTHESIS

• ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS

4. States the existence of a difference between a parameter and a statistic.

• HYPOTHESIS

• HYPOTHESIS TESTING

• NULL HYPOTHESIS

• ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS

5. A _____ is utilized when hypothesis involves direction.

• ONE-TAILED TEST

• TWO-TAILED TEST

• RIGHT-TAILED TEST

• LEFT -TAILED TEST

6. A _____ is used for a non-directional hypothesis.

• ONE-TAILED TEST

• TWO-TAILED TEST

• RIGHT-TAILED TEST

• LEFT -TAILED TEST

7. The _____ is the maximum probability of committing a type I error.

• TYPE I

• TYPE II

• LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE

• CRITICAL REGION

8. It is the range of values of the test statistic that signifies that there is a significant difference and that the null hypothesis should be rejected.

• TYPE I

• TYPE II

• LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE

• CRITICAL REGION

9. A _____ error occurs if you reject the null hypothesis when it is true.

• TYPE I

• TYPE II

• CRITICAL VALUE

• CRITICAL REGION

10. A _____ error occurs if you do not reject the null hypothesis when it is false.

• TYPE I

• TYPE II

• CRITICAL VALUE

• CRITICAL REGION