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(8.1) Definition: A statistical hypothesis is a statement concerning one population or more. 8.1.1 The Null and The Alternative Hypotheses: The structure of hypothesis testing will be formulated with the use of the term null hypothesis. This refers to any hypothesis we wish to test that called . H0 The rejection of leads to the acceptance of an H1 alternative hypothesis denoted by . A null H0 hypothesis concerning a population parameter, will always be stated so as to specify an exact value of the parameter, Ѳ whereas the alternative hypothesis allows for the possibility of several values. We H0: 0 usually test the null hypothesis: against one of the following alternative hypothesis: 0 H : 1 0 0 Two Types of Errors: Definition: Type One Error: Rejection of the null hypothesis when it is true is called a type I error. The probability of committing a type I error also called the level of significance which is denoted by α . Sometimes α is called the size of the critical region or the size of the test. Definition: Type Two Error: Acceptance of the null hypothesis when it is false is called a type II error, which is denoted by β Possible situations in testing a statistical hypothesis H is true H is false 0 0 Accept Correct decision Type error, H0 II Reject Type I error, Correct decision H0 type I error: rejecting when is true. H0 H0 II H H Type error: accepting when is 0 0 false. H0 H0 II H H P (Type I error) =P (rejecting | is 0 0 true) = α . P (Type error) = P (accepting | is false) =β .
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