Hypothesis Testing
z-tests
t-tests
Assumptions of Parametric Testing
Sampling Distributions and Pop Culture
100

A statement about the population that we wish to test and states that there has been no change, or that an effect is zero.

What is the null hypothesis?

100

The number of standard deviations a particular score is away from the mean.

What is a z score?

100

Symbol used to denote the number of participants in each group in an independent samples t-test.

What is n? (NOT N)

100

Assumption that data in each population being sampled is normally distributed.

What is normality?

100

This TikTok star was rumored to have had an affair with Kanye West.

Jeffree Star

200

Experimental decision that is made when there is a change in the hypothesized direction.

What is to reject the null?

200

The mean of the z-distribution

What is 0?

200

The common alpha level used.

What is 0.05?

200

Assumption that all population members had an equal likelihood of being chosen to participate in the study (although rarely met in practice).

What is random sampling?

200

Theoretical sampling distribution that summarizes a population in which scores are symmetrical around the mean.

What is the normal distribution?

300

This type of test includes values that differ in one direction from the null hypothesis value. For example, H1: m > 50.

What is a one-tailed/directional test?

300

The standard deviation of the z distribution.

What is 1?

300

The difference between z-tests and one-sample t-tests, is that we're missing this piece of information.

What is the standard deviation of the population (sigma)?

300

Assumption that one participant's responses on the DV does NOT influence other participants' responses on the DV.

What is independence (of observations)?

300

William Bowery is the alias of this singer/songwriter's significant other.

Taylor Swift (Joe Alwyn used the alias William Bowery)

400

This results from a decision to reject H0, when in reality H0 TRUE.

What is a Type I error?

400

Another name for z-scores.

What is standard scores?

400

When your |tobt| > |tcrit|, you would make this statistical decision (related to your non-directional hypothesis).

What is Reject H0?

400

Assumption that the standard deviation of one group sampled is not different than the standard deviation of other group sampled.

What is equal variances?

400

Official term to describe the standard deviation of the sampling distribution.

What is the standard error of the mean?

500

Hypothesis testing prioritizes preventing this type of error.

What is a Type I Error?

500

Shorthand (in symbols) for one-tailed null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis predicts that the sample mean is less than the population mean.

What is H0: Xbar >/= mu ?

500

t represents a family of distributions based on this. (i.e., there is a different t-distribution for each _____)

What is degrees of freedom (or sample size)?

500

As **___ increases/decreases**, parametric statistics become more robust against violations of assumptions.

What is "as N increases"?

500

Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson couldn't help to laugh when he was asked a question this week by a reporter who shares a name with this Houston rapper.

MIKE JONES! WHO? MIKE JONES!