Hypothesis testing using pre-programmed features – HP 50g Graphing Calculator User Manual

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Two-tailed test
If using a two-tailed test we will find the value of z

α/2

, from

Pr[Z> z

α/2

] = 1-

Φ(z

α/2

) =

α/2, or Φ(z

α/2

) = 1-

α/2,

where

Φ(z) is the cumulative distribution function (CDF) of the standard normal

distribution.

Reject the null hypothesis, H

0

, if z

0

>z

α/2

, or if z

0

< - z

α/2

.

In other words, the rejection region is R = { |z

0

| > z

α/2

}, while the acceptance

region is A = {|z

0

| < z

α/2

}.

One-tailed test
If using a one-tailed test we will find the value of z

a

, from

Pr[Z> z

α

] = 1-

Φ(z

α

) =

α, or Φ(z

α

) = 1-

α,

Reject the null hypothesis, H

0

, if z

0

>z

α

, and H

1

: p

1

-p

2

> p

0

, or if z

0

< - z

α

, and

H

1

: p

1

-p

2

<p

0

.

Hypothesis testing using pre-programmed features

The calculator provides with hypothesis testing procedures under application 5.
Hypoth. tests..
can be accessed by using

‚Ù—— @@@OK@@@.

As with the calculation of confidence intervals, discussed earlier, this program
offers the following 6 options:

These options are interpreted as in the confidence interval applications:

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