p-value Significance Test (observed level of significance):
Find your z-score, then find the probability in the z-table associated with that score, and if α > probability (p-value), reject H0
Hypothesis Testing Errors:
Type I error - Reject null hypothesis H0 when H0 is TRUE: Probability = α Type II error - Accept null hypothesis H0 when H0 is FALSE: Probability = β Power of the Test = Probability you Reject null hypothesis H0 when H0 is FALSE: --> 1 - β Note: It is a bigger mistake to make a Type II error than a Type I error
Finite Population Correction Factor:
If n/N > 0.05, then you multiply your confidence interval by the following factor
√N - n
√N
Cov(X,Y) =
Σ(Xi - X)(Yi - Y)
n
Correlation Coefficient (r) =
Cov(X,Y)
sxsy
β =
Σ(Xi - X)(Yi - Y)
Σ(Xi - X)2
Least Squares Regression Line ← α = Y - βX y^ = α + βx where α is the y-intercept for the line that contains the points in X & Y and β is the is the slope of the line that the set of points lies on. α & β are designed such that they produce the smallest possible SSE defined below Sum of Squares about the Mean (SSM) = (yi - y)2 Square of the Residual Difference (SSE) (yi - y^i)2 SSE represents the difference between the straight line that we create and the plotted points from our data
Coefficient of Determination (r2) =
SSM - SSE
SSM
Large Sample Condition Requirement:
1. A random sample is selected from the target population. 2. The sample size n is large (i.e., n ≥ 30). (Due to the Central Limit Theorem, this condition guarantees that the test statistic will be approximately normal regardless of the shape of the underlying probability distribution of the population.)