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What are the theoretical considerations of hypothesis testing and why are these considerations important when conducting research studies?
Define statistical comparisons, correlations and predictions as they relate to social science research. What role do they play in the data collection process?
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What are the theoretical considerations of hypothesis testing and why are these considerations important when conducting research studies.
One of the most confusing things about using statistical tests is knowing what it means to reject or accept a hypothesis. Before you conduct a statistical test, you come up with a null and an alternative hypothesis. Usually the null hypothesis is something like "the populations means of the two groups are equal," and the alternative hypothesis is "the means are different." When you do the statistical test, you get a p-value, which is basically the probability that the null hypothesis is true. So, if you get a really small ...
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