The Basic Idea Behind Hypothesis Testing

question 18

Multiple Choice

The basic idea behind hypothesis testing

• A) depends on the kind of test you want to run.
• B) has little to do with whatever data you collect.
• C) is largely the same across a wide variety of procedures.
• D) is important only if you want to compare two populations.

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