A Useful Example when Teaching Hypothesis Testing.


Authors: 
Wiseman, F.
Editors: 
Goodall, G.
Category: 
Volume: 
26(2)
Pages: 
56-61
Year: 
2004
Publisher: 
Teaching Statistics
Abstract: 

This article describes an example which is useful when teaching hypothesis testing in order to highlight the interrelationships that exist among the level of significance, the sample size and the statistical power of a test. The example also allows students to see how what they learn in the classroom directly affects the content of some of the commercials that they watch on television.

The CAUSE Research Group is supported in part by a member initiative grant from the American Statistical Association’s Section on Statistics and Data Science Education

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