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For testing whether two independent Normal populations (with unknown and equal variances) have the same mean, one uses:

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t distribution

When testing whether two independent Normal populations have the same mean, the t-distribution is used, especially when the sample sizes are small and the population variances are unknown. The t-distribution is appropriate for hypothesis testing in this scenario.

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  2. The analysis of variance technique was introduced by:

  3. The power of a test is:

  4. The term ‘Analysis of variance’ was introduced by:

  5. Which of the following can be applied as a goodness-of-fit test?

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Important Questions from Hypothesis testing

  1. Which of the following statements relating to Tests of Hypothesis are correct ? Select the correct code.

    Statement I: Type-I error occurs when true null hypothesis gets rejected by the test.

    Statement II: Beta value denotes the power of the test.

    Statement III : To test the significance of the goodness of fit of a distribution, F-test is applied.

    Statement VI: When H0: μM > μF, two-tailed test is applied for testing the hypothesis.

    Statement V: The critical value of Z-statistic for two-tailed test at 5% level of significance is 1.96.

  2. Match the items of List-II with the items of List-I and denote the code of correct matching:

    List-I

    List-II

    (a)  Testing the goodness of fit of a distribution (i)  Z-test
     (b)  Testing the significance of the differences among the average performance of more than two sample groups (ii)  Chi-square test
     (c)  Testing the significance of the difference between the average performance of two sample groups (Large-sized)  (iii)  F-test

    Codes:
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    A. Select a suitable test statistic

    B. Establish critical or rejection region

    C. State the null and alternative hypothesis

    D. State the level of significance (α)

    E. Formulate a decision rule to evaluate the null hypothesis

    Choose the correct answer from the options given below

  4. Arrange the following steps in sequence for testing a statistical hypothesis

    A. Test statistics

    B. Framing the hypothesis

    C. Collecting the sample data

    D. Level of significance

    E. Obtaining results and taking decisions

    Choose the correct answer from the options given below

  5. What is the major assumption we make when computing a mean form Grouped data:

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