FACULTY OF MEDICINE

PROGRAM : MBBS BATCH : 2013

MODULE : MD1810 DATE : March 2014

TOPIC : Statistical significance or hypothesis testing AUTHOR: Dr .Mohamed Abdel

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LECTURE DETAILS

Topic Statistical significance or hypothesis testing

Learning From this lecture, the students should be able to understand and:
Outcome 1. Define what is inferential statistics
2. Explain what is hypothesis testing
3. Apply the steps in hypothesis testing
4. Define what is null hypothesis
5- Define the alternative hypothesis
6- Define Level of significance
7- know how to compute test statistic
8- how to make a design after the test.

Pre-requisite -
1- Introduction
Content 2- Definitions Hypothesis testing or significance testing
3- FOUR STEPS TO HYPOTHESIS TESTING
5 - state the hypothesis
6 - Set the criteria for a decision.
7- Compute the test statistic
8- Make a decision

Learning 1. Lecture session

Activity

Duration 60 minutes

1-Essentials of statistics, third Edition

References / CRAVETTET/WALLNAU
reading 2- STATISTICS AFIRSIT COURSE,SEVENTH EDITION
materials JOHN E.FREUND. BENJAMIN M.PERLES
3-Australian Bureau of Statistics
http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/home/home?opendocument

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