The Null Hypothesis Makes a Claim About What Value

question 181

Multiple Choice

The null hypothesis makes a claim about what value?

• A) Population parameter
• B) Sample statistic
• C) Sample mean
• D) Type II error
• E) None of these statements are true

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Definitions:

Unbiased Estimator

A statistical estimator whose expected value is equal to the true parameter of the population being studied.

Unbiased Estimator

A statistical estimator that, through repeated sampling, provides results equal to the true parameter of the population.

Variance

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points, indicating how far each data point lies from the mean.

Consistency

refers to the property of an estimator in which, as the sample size increases, it converges in probability to the parameter it estimates.