Hypothesis Testing

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BIOSTATS 540 - Fall 2015
Introduction to Biostatistics	Biostatistics and Epidemiology UMass Amherst

Instructor: Carol Bigelow

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1. Summarizing Data

2. Introduction to Probability

3. Populations and Samples

4. Bernoulli and Binomal Distributions

5. Normal Distribution

6. Estimation

7. Hypothesis Testing

8. Chi Square Tests

9. Correlation/Regression

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7. Hypothesis Testing
(1) BIOSTATS 540 2015, (2) additional reading, (3) illustrative applets, (4) calculators (5) computer illustrations.

(1) BIOSTATS 540 - 2015
Lecture Notes 2015 7. Hypothesis Testing	Posted 11/13/2015 (pdf, 60 pp)
Notes 7. Hypothesis Testing - Supplement & Tips	(pdf, 8 pp)
Practice Word Problems	Questions (pdf, 5 pp) Solutions (pdf, 7 pp)
Carnegie Mellon OLI Course, Statistical Reasoning: Unit 4 - Inference Module 10: Hypothesis Testing (slides 143-174)	Click on Enter course here (html)
University of Florida Biostatistics Open Learning Textbook After clicking on HOMEPAGE at right, under 6050 & 6052 Unit 4 - Introduction to Statistical Inference > Hypothesis Testing	Click here for homepage (html)
Homework #11 due Monday November 23, 2015	Questions (pdf, 1 pp)
Solutions to Homework #11	Solutions (pdf, 6 pp)
Homework #12 due Monday November 30, 2015e	Questions (pdf, 1 pp)
Solutions to Homework #12	Solutions (pdf, 5 pp)
BIOSTATS 540 Resource for you - Choose a Test Chart for Unit 7	Chart (pdf, 3 pp)

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(2) Videos & Additional Reading
VIDEO (Source: QuantConcepts) The Most Simple Introduction to Hypothesis Testing	(Video, 11 minutes)
VIDEO (Source: Khan Academdy) Hypothesis Testing and P-Values	(Video, 11:26 minutes)
VIDEO (Source: Statistics Learning Center) Hypothesis Testing	(Video, 7:38 minutes)
VIDEO (Source: Statistics Learning Center) Understanding the P-value	(Video, 4:43 minutes)
(Source: Tufts Open Courseware, Alice Tang) Common Statistical Tests - Lecture 9	(pdf, 27 slides)
(Source: Brian Caffo, JHSPH Methods in Biostatistics II) Lecture 15 - Hypothesis Testing	(pdf, 21 slides)
(Source: JHSPH Methods in Biostatistics II) Hypothesis Testing Graphs	(pdf, 5 slides)
(Source: Oana Mocioalca, Kent State University) The Language of Hypothesis Testing	(pdf, 8 slides)
*(Source: International Agency for Research on Cancer course, Cancer Epidemiology)* Evaluating the Role of Chance	(pdf, 31 pp)
(Source: socialresearchmethods.net) Two Independent Groups t-Test	(html)
*(Source: Stat Trek AP Statistics Tutorial)* What is Hypothesis Testing	(html)
*(Source: Stat Trek AP Statistics Tutorial)* How to Test Hypotheses	(html)
**Flow Chart (Source: John McGready, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) CHART - Choosing the Correct Statistical Test**	(html)
**Flow Chart (Source: Rosner, B. Fundamentals of Biostatistics, 6th Edition) Flowchart Methods of Statistical Inference Test**	(html)

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(3) Illustrative Applets

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(4) Calculators
(Source: David Lane, HyperStat Online) Normal DistributionCalculator	(html)
(Source: surfstat.anu.edu.au/surftat-home/tables/t.php) Student t Distribution calculator	(html)
*(Source: surfstat.anu.edu.au/surfstat-home/tables/chi.php)* Chi Square Distribution Calculator**	(html)
*(Source: www.socr.ucla.edu/Applets.dir/Normal_T_Chi2_F_Tables.htm)* Scroll down to F Distribution Calculator**	(html)

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(5) Computer Illustrations

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