Hypothesis testing

Thomas Booth; Leonidas Doumas; Aja Murray

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_1310-1

Hypothesis testing

Thomas Booth, Leonidas Doumas, Aja Murray

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A hypothesis test involves the specification of one, or a number of competing, mathematically precise statements (statistical hypotheses), which can be tested using measured data. Hypothesis testing is one of the core elements of statistical inference, and one of the key activities in science. The activity of hypothesis testing is not standalone. Statistical hypotheses derive from research questions. Study designs develop from these questions and provide the data by which the statistical hypotheses can be tested. Thus, hypothesis testing is one step in an integrated process of scientific investigation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences
Editors	Virgil Zeigler-Hill, Todd K. Shackelford
Publisher	Springer
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319280998
ISBN (Print)	9783319280998
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_1310-1
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 21 Feb 2017

Keywords

null hypothesis
hypothesis testing
statistical hypothesis
statistical hypothesis testing
common statistical test

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