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What is a hypothesis in the context of statistics?
What is a hypothesis in the context of statistics?
- A proven fact based on experimentation
- A subjective opinion without any basis
- A random assumption about the world
- An educated guess about something testable in the world around you (correct)
What is the purpose of hypothesis testing in statistics?
What is the purpose of hypothesis testing in statistics?
- To determine the exact value of a population mean
- To prove that a hypothesis is always correct
- To test the results of a survey or experiment for meaningful results (correct)
- To eliminate the possibility of chance in experiments
What is the one-sample t-test used for?
What is the one-sample t-test used for?
- To compare two independent samples
- To analyze the variance within a single sample
- To determine whether an unknown population mean is different from a specific value (correct)
- To test the correlation between two variables
What type of data values are needed for a valid one-sample t-test?
What type of data values are needed for a valid one-sample t-test?
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What is assumed about the population in a one-sample t-test?
What is assumed about the population in a one-sample t-test?
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What type of data values are needed for a valid one-sample t-test?
What type of data values are needed for a valid one-sample t-test?
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What is the purpose of hypothesis testing in statistics?
What is the purpose of hypothesis testing in statistics?
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What is assumed about the population in a one-sample t-test?
What is assumed about the population in a one-sample t-test?
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What is a hypothesis in the context of statistics?
What is a hypothesis in the context of statistics?
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What is the one-sample t-test used for?
What is the one-sample t-test used for?
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