Week 3

Author

Bea Taylor

Published

October 1, 2025

Introduction

This week will introduce hypothesis testing, and key statistical tests for evaluating hypotheses.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this week, you will be able to:

  1. Establish a hypothesis for a given research project.
  2. Define the Type I and Type II errors.
  3. Evaluate a hypothesis using appropriate statistical tests.

Lecture

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Quiz

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Practical

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