Course description:

This course is theoretical in nature. In this course hypothesis tests are performed using calculators and statistical tables.

Topics covered:

• Hypothesis testing methodology
  • The null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis
  • Test statistics
  • p-values
     
• Hypotheses about means
  • One and two-sided tests
  • The z-test
  • The t-test
  • The relationship between confidence intervals and 2-sided hypothesis tests

Attendees should be enrolled or intending to enrol in a data analysis or statistics course at a tertiary institution and have knowledge similar to that taught in the Probability Theory course.

Course attendees are required to bring their own scientific calculator. Attendees should bring exercises from their university course to work on during problem solving time.