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Hypothesis Test<br />

Conclusion<br />

The important caution br<strong>in</strong>gs up the follow<strong>in</strong>g idea:<br />

If<br />

, then,<br />

( ) ( )<br />

( )<br />

( )<br />

Similarly,<br />

If<br />

, then,<br />

( ) ( )<br />

( )<br />

( )<br />

The probability that we reject the null hypothesis when it is false is referred to as the power of<br />

the test. We summarize these <strong>in</strong> the table below:<br />

Don‟t<br />

Reject<br />

Truth<br />

True<br />

False<br />

Reject<br />

Example 4: The college dropout rate <strong>for</strong> a particular county is known to be 30%. The<br />

educational board of a city with<strong>in</strong> the county believe its dropout rate is significantly lower.<br />

The board follows 60 students and, of them, 15 dropout. The board wants to run a statistical<br />

hypothesis test with to determ<strong>in</strong>e whether their belief is true. Describe the<br />

hypothesis test by:<br />

a. Writ<strong>in</strong>g compet<strong>in</strong>g hypotheses<br />

b. A decision rule <strong>for</strong> reject<strong>in</strong>g<br />

c. A decision criterion rule<br />

<strong>Statistics</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Decision</strong>-<strong>Mak<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>in</strong> Bus<strong>in</strong>ess © Milos Podmanik Page 216

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