November 04, 2004

Hypothesis Tests

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Using a 5% Type I error probability, we calculate the rejection region.

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The probability of a Type II error depends on the specific value of the unknown parameter under the alternative hypothesis.

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Conducting the test with n = 100 is not likely to be very useful in close elections.

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Posted by bparke at November 4, 2004 10:40 PM