HYPOTHESIS TESTING

Hypothesis
Testing
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 Hypothesis refers to educated guess or assumption to

be tested
 Utilize inferential statistics to generalize findings from a
sample to the target population
 Types of hypotheses:
 Research hypothesis - HA
 Null hypothesis - HO
 Research hypothesis has 2 forms:
 One-tailed (directional)
HA: ρ > 0 OR HA: ρ < 0
 Two-tailed (non directional)
HA: ρ ≠ 0
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 STEPS IN HYPOTHESIS TESTING
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 State the null and alternative

hypotheses
Calculate the test statistics
Determine critical value
Make decision
Conclusion
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 Criteria in Making
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Decision
Manual
Reject HO: Calculated stat > critical value
Fail to reject HO: Calculated stat ≤ critical value
SPSS
Reject HO: sig-value < α
Fail to reject HO: sig-value ≥ α
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 Critical value and Rejection Area
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(Reject HO if calculated statistic fallS within the shaded area)

 One-tailed test
α
H O: ρ = 0
H A: ρ > 0
0
Fail to reject HO Reject HO

Critical value

 two-tailed test
H O: ρ = 0 α/2 α/2
H A: ρ ≠ 0
0
Reject HO Fail to reject HO Reject HO

Critical value Critical value