Exercises
Mix and Match
Match the description of each concept with the correct symbol or term.
| 1. One-sided null hypothesis | (a) t-statistic |
| 2. Identifies the alternative hypothesis | (b) μ0 |
| 3. Maximum tolerance for incorrectly rejecting H0 | (c) p-value |
| 4. Number of standard errors that separate an observed statistic from the boundary of H0 | (d) p-value < α |
| 5. Number of estimated standard errors that separate an observed statistic from the boundary of H0 | (e) Type I error |
| 6. Largest α-level for which a test rejects the null hypothesis | (f) z-statistic |
| 7. Occurs if the p-value is less than α when H0 is true | (g) Type II error |
| 8. Occurs if the p-value is larger than α when H0 is false | (h) α-level |
| 9. Symbol for the largest or smallest ... |
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