20 Nov Review the term Significance Test in the ‘Statistics Visual Learner’ media piece. When a newspaper or magazine article reports the results of a study and draws a conclusion without also r
Review the term Significance Test in the "Statistics Visual Learner" media piece.
When a newspaper or magazine article reports the results of a study and draws a conclusion without also reporting whether the results are statistically significant, what are the possible reasons for doing so? How seriously should you take the conclusion offered in such a study? Discuss.
Significance Test
A significance test (hypothesis test) is a formal procedure for comparing observed data with a hypothesis whose truth is to be assessed.
– from The Basic Practice of Statistics by Moore (2006).
Example
After stating the hypothesis, we need to choose a level of significance. This image shows to complete the significance test you will need to play the game a 100 times and record the results.
Related Terms
Hypothesis
Test Statistic
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