Kit Library / Mathematics / Statistics & Probability
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Data on trial: innocent until proven guilty.
Hypothesis testing is a formal procedure for deciding whether sample data provides enough evidence to reject a claim about a population.
↳ Hypothesis testing never proves $H_0$ — it only checks whether the data is unlikely under $H_0$.
Two claims walk into a courtroom.
↳ Write $H_0$ and $H_a$ before touching the data — they must be mutually exclusive and exhaustive.
How far is your sample from the claim?
The test statistic converts the gap between your sample and $H_0$ into a standardized number — how many standard errors away the sample sits.
↳ A larger $|z|$ means the sample is further from $H_0$ — stronger evidence against it.
Hypothesis testing is a statistical method for deciding whether sample data provides enough evidence to reject a claim about a population. It frames two competing hypotheses — a null and an alternative — and uses a test…
~15 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
17 questions laddered from warm-up to topper-level, each with an explanation. A taste:
Which statement best describes the null hypothesis $H_0$?
BeginnerIt states 'no effect' or 'no difference' and contains an equality.
$H_0$ is the default claim of no effect or no difference and always contains an equality such as $\mu = \mu_0$.
A researcher suspects a new drug lowers blood pressure. Which alternative hypothesis fits?
Beginner$H_a: \mu < \mu_0$
The suspicion is a decrease, so the alternative is one-sided in the lower direction: $\mu < \mu_0$.
What does the significance level $\alpha$ represent?
BeginnerThe threshold probability for rejecting $H_0$, commonly 0.05.
$\alpha$ is the pre-chosen threshold for rejecting $H_0$, often 0.05, and equals the Type I error probability.
A test gives $p = 0.03$ at $\alpha = 0.05$. What is the decision?
BeginnerReject $H_0$ because $p < \alpha$.
Since $0.03 < 0.05$, the p-value is below the significance level, so we reject $H_0$.
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