Null Distributions
One of the most important steps in any statistical analysis is accounting for the variability in our estimate of the parameter of interest. Last week, we saw this through the lens of a sampling distribution. This week, we will see that if we want to find evidence against a hypothesis, we must determine the value of the statistic (or standardized statistic) we expect when the null hypothesis is true while accounting for the variability in our statistic. This leads to the null distribution. This activity highlights some of the properties of null distributions and their relationship to sampling distributions.
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- May 19, 2023
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- Dr.reyes
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- Null distribution