1Outline hypothesis testing
Inferential procedure
Uses sample data to evaluate credibility of a hypothesis about a population
2State the 3 types of hypothesis
Scientific
Working
Statistical
3Define scientific hypothesis
Proposed explanation of a phenomenon
4Define working hypothesis
Provisional hypothesis requiring further resesarch to evaluate
5Define statistical hypothesis
Formally statse relation of lack of relation between different phenomena
6Symbol for null and alternative hypotheses
Null = H0
Alternative = H1
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8How is the plausibility of the null hypothesis judged?
Calculating probability p (area under the curve from a sample mean)
Requires using the z tables

9Hypothesis tests are based on conditional probabilities. Explain what this means
Decision based on mean value, given the null hypothesis being true
p-value is the probability of the observed mean given that H0 is true
10If p < than alpha...
- Accept null, not significant
- Reject null, is significant
11The lower the alpha level...
- the lower the significance level (low significance = low p values)
- the lower the significance level (high significance = low p values)
- the greater the significance level (low significance = low p values)
- the greater the significance level (high significance = low p values)
12When to use one tailed test
When you have a specific reason to believe the effect will be in a certain direction
Eg. previous research
13___ tailed tests more likely to reach significance because they have increased power
14Are the critical values for 2 tailed tests smaller or larger than 1 tailed tests?
Larger
Thus, H0 less likely to be rejected
15Type 1 error
False positive
Wrongly accept H1 and reject H0
16Type 2 error
False negative
Wrongly reject H1 and accept H0
17Which error is more serious and why?
Both bad
Type 1 = actions might be taken that have no value
Type 2 = inaction when action should have been taken
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355 criticisms of null hypothesis testing
- p < 0.05 is an arbitrary probability
- Doesn't consider effect size
- Doesn't consider variability of the effect size
- p hacking and HARKing
- Ignores judgement
36Outline Popper's falsification principle
Hypotheses can never be verified, BUT can be falsified
Absolute truth not a part of the scientific method