Lesson S5.1.1

S5.1.1 Language of statistical hypothesis testing Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Maths, Unit 15

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The 20 questions

  1. What term describes a statement about a population parameter tested using sample data?

    • Statistic
    • Parameter
    • Hypothesis
    • Estimator
  2. Which symbol represents the hypothesis assumed to be correct until rejected?

    • HA
    • H1
    • Hp
    • H0
  3. What is the name for the hypothesis accepted if the null hypothesis is rejected?

    • Null hypothesis
    • Sample hypothesis
    • Experimental hypothesis
    • Alternative hypothesis
  4. Which symbol is conventionally used to denote the alternative hypothesis?

    • H2
    • H1
    • Hx
    • H0
  5. What type of alternative hypothesis is tested using a two-tailed test?

    • Non-directional
    • Directional
    • One-tailed
    • Biased
  6. What type of alternative hypothesis specifies an increase or decrease?

    • Two-tailed
    • Non-directional
    • Directional
    • Neutral
  7. What is the set of all possible values of the test statistic that lead to rejecting H0 called?

    • Significance level
    • Critical region
    • Acceptance region
    • Sample space
  8. What boundary value separates the critical region from the acceptance region?

    • Test statistic
    • P-value
    • Critical value
    • Significance threshold
  9. State the null hypothesis if testing if a coin is biased towards heads with probability p.

    • p < 0.5
    • p > 0.5
    • p = 0.5
    • p ≠ 0.5
  10. State the alternative hypothesis for testing if a die rolls fewer sixes than expected.

    • p = 1/6
    • p ≠ 1/6
    • p > 1/6
    • p < 1/6
  11. If a test has a significance level of 5%, what is the probability of a Type I error?

    • 0.025
    • 0.05
    • 0.95
    • 0.10
  12. What name is given to the result calculated from sample data to test the hypothesis?

    • Critical value
    • Significance level
    • Sample parameter
    • Test statistic
  13. Which test requires calculating probabilities using a binomial distribution?

    • Normal test
    • Student t-test
    • Binomial test
    • Chi-squared test
  14. When is a two-tailed test used instead of a one-tailed test?

    • Change either way
    • Decrease only
    • Exact value expected
    • Increase only
  15. If significance level is 10% for a two-tailed test, what area is in each tail?

    • 10%
    • 5%
    • 20%
    • 2.5%
  16. What is the term for incorrectly rejecting a true null hypothesis?

    • Bias error
    • Type I error
    • Sampling error
    • Type II error
  17. What is the term for incorrectly accepting a false null hypothesis?

    • Standard error
    • Random error
    • Type I error
    • Type II error
  18. Why might a researcher choose a one-tailed test over a two-tailed test?

    • Easier maths
    • Higher accuracy
    • Prior knowledge
    • Larger sample
  19. What term describes the actual probability of rejecting a true null hypothesis?

    • Power
    • P-value
    • Significance level
    • Critical value
  20. What type of alternative hypothesis is used when testing for any change in a parameter?

    • Null
    • One-tailed
    • Directional
    • Two-tailed

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