Confidence intervals and hypothesis tests

1. 1Central [blank_start]limit[blank_end] theorem = say that whatever the original distribution of the data, the distribution of the sample means tends to a [blank_start]normal[blank_end] distribution as the sample size, n, [blank_start]increases[blank_end]

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   2. Bnormal
   3. Cincreases
2. 2inferring [blank_start]population[blank_end] means from sample means ( a small sample)
   
   it is reasonable to assume that IQs comes from a [blank_start]normal[blank_end] distribution
   we need a way of showing how accurate our estimates our; how similar is our [blank_start]sample[blank_end] mean to our population mean
   - would be better to construct a "[blank_start]confidence[blank_end] interval" for our mean; i.e. a rang that will contain the true value most of the time
   
   so how did our sample mean arise?
   > by the [blank_start]central[blank_end] limit theorem, it came from a normal distribution with mean and standard deviation
   > standard deviation = mean / [blank_start]square[blank_end] root of sample size
   
   an important property of the normal distribution = [blank_start]95[blank_end]% of the data, lies within [blank_start]1.96[blank_end] (2) standard deviations of the mean either size
   
   we can say that we would be 95% confident that the population mean lies between: 1.96 x (standard deviation; population mean/(square root sample size) of the sample mean
   
   suppose you were to know what the standard [blank_start]deviation[blank_end] of population (sigma) was, then you could use this to construct a 95% confidence interval for the population.
   
   that would be the sample mean + or [blank_start]-[blank_end] (1.96 x standard deviation/square root n)
   
   this tells us: from the sample we took, we can be 95% sure that the population [blank_start]mean[blank_end] is between the ranges calculated
   
   PROBLEM IN REAL LIFE WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT SIGMA (STANDARD [blank_start]DEVIATION[blank_end] OF POPULATION IS)
   
   

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   2. Bnormal
   3. Csample
   4. Dconfidence
   5. Ecentral
   6. Fsquare
   7. G95
   8. H1.96
   9. Ideviation
   10. J-
   11. Kmean
   12. LDEVIATION
3. 3PROBLEM = in real life, we don't know the standard [blank_start]deviation[blank_end] of the population
   
   solution: we estimate it by using the [blank_start]sample[blank_end] standard deviation which we call s
   
   unfortunately this introduces a bit more uncertainty and it means we have to replace our [blank_start]normal[blank_end] distribution in favour of a [blank_start]t[blank_end]-distribution (don't need to worry as to why, it has wider tails away from the mean due to uncertainty)
   

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   2. Bsample
   3. Cnormal
   4. Dt
4. 4the difference between the [blank_start]t[blank_end] distribution and the normal distribution is that for a 95% confidence interval we need to replace the key number, 1.96, with a [blank_start]bigger[blank_end] number, which depends on the same size
   
   if n is the sample size, we always use the t-distribution with n-1 degrees of [blank_start]freedom[blank_end]
   - so if 16 in sample, degrees of freedom = 16-1 = [blank_start]15[blank_end]
   
   as we have estimated our population standard deviation, the confidence interval gets [blank_start]wider[blank_end]/bigger > for we have [blank_start]more[blank_end] uncertainty
   
   centred around the sample [blank_start]mean[blank_end], = the confidence interval
   
   luckily minitab can do it for us > stat > basic statistics > 1 sample t

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   2. Bbigger
   3. Cfreedom
   4. D15
   5. Ewider
   6. Fmore
   7. Gmean
5. 5a 95% confidence interval will contain the true population mean [blank_start]95[blank_end]% of the time
   - we can work out a 99% confidence interval, this would be [blank_start]wider[blank_end]/bigger

   1. A95
   2. Bwider
6. 6the p-value is a measure of probability, it tells us how likely it would be to see a sample as extreme or more extreme, as the one we have actually observed, if, in fact, the [blank_start]null[blank_end] hypothesis is true
   
   [blank_start]small[blank_end] p values tell us that the sample we have observed would be unlikely to have occurred if the [blank_start]null[blank_end] hypothesis is really true
   - [blank_start]small[blank_end] p value constitutes evidence against the null hypothesis

   1. Anull
   2. Bsmall
   3. Cnull
   4. Dsmall

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