One–sample t–test – HP 39g+ User Manual

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Inference aplet

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Results

The results are:

One–Sample T–Test

Menu name

T–Test: 1

µ

The One–sample T–Test is used when the population standard
deviation is not known. On the basis of statistics from a single
sample, this test measures the strength of the evidence for a
selected hypothesis against the null hypothesis. The null
hypothesis is that the sample mean has some assumed value,

Η

0

:µ = µ

0

You select one of the following alternative hypotheses against
which to test the null hypothesis:)

Inputs

The inputs are:

Result

Description

Test P1–P2

Difference between the
proportions of successes in the
two samples.

Test Z

Z–Test statistic.

Prob

Probability associated with the
Z–Test statistic.

Critical Z

Boundary values of Z associated
with the

α

level that you supplied.

H

1

:

µ µ

0

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H

1

:

µ µ

0

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H

1

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µ µ

0

Field name

Definition

Sample mean.

Sx

Sample standard deviation.

n

Sample size.

µ0

Hypothetical

population mean.

α

Significance level.

x

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