9.17: Inference I

Upcoming deadlines

  • Statistics Reflection 9/22 11:59 PM

  • HW 2 9/29 11:59 PM

Learning Objectives

By the end of the class, students should be able to:

  • Describe the key terms related to hypothesis testing: null and alternative hypotheses, p-values

  • Describe the process of conducting a hypothesis test with randomization

  • Conduct a randomization hypothesis test in R

Class prep

Introduction to Modern Statistics chapter 11

Note: Chapter 13 is also useful for review

By the end of the reading, you should be able to answer the following questions:

  • What is a hypothesis test, and what are null and alternative hypotheses?

  • What does it mean to conduct a hypothesis test with randomization?

Slides and code

Slides

Code

Code with completed exercise