9 tests, Tests -9-1 – Casio CLASSPAD 330 3.04 User Manual

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Tests

7-9 Tests

The following is a list of tests, and a description of what each one tests for.

Z

Test

Description

Test Name

The

Z

Test provides a variety of different tests based on standard

deviation based tests. They make it possible to test whether or not
a sample accurately represents the population when the standard
deviation of a population (such as the entire population of a
country) is known from previous tests.

1-Sample

Z

Test

2-Sample

Z

Test

1-Prop

Z

Test

2-Prop

Z

Test

t

Test

Used instead of the

Z

Test when the population standard deviation

is unknown.

1-Sample

t

Test

2-Sample

t

Test

Linear Regression

t

Test

Tests a single sample mean against the known mean of the null
hypothesis when the population standard deviation is known.
The normal distribution is used for the 1-sample

Z

test.

Tests the difference between two means when the standard
deviations of the two populations are known.
The normal distribution is used for the 2-sample

Z

test.

Tests a single sample proportion against the known proportion of
the null hypothesis.
The normal distribution is used for the 1-Prop

Z

test.

Tests the difference between two sample proportions.
The normal distribution is used for the 2-prop

Z

test.

Tests a single sample mean against the known mean of the null
hypothesis when the population standard deviation is unknown.
The

t

distribution is used for the 1-sample

t

test.

Tests the difference between two means when the standard
deviations of the two populations are unknown.
The

t

distribution is used for the 2-sample

t

test.

Tests the linear relationship between the paired variables (x, y). The
method of least squares is used to determine a and b, which are the
coefficients of the regression formula y = a + bx. The p-value is the
probability of the sample regression slope (b) provided that the null
hypothesis is true,

 = 0.

The t distribution is used for the linear regression t test.



2

Test

Tests the independence of two categorical variables arranged in
matrix form. The



2

test for independence compares the observed

matrix to the expected theoretical matrix.
The



2

distribution is used for the



2

test.

2-Sample

F

Test

Tests the ratio between sample variances of two independent
random samples.
The

F

distribution is used for the 2-sample

F

test.

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