6.7 - Lesson 6 Summary

Objectives

Upon successful completion of this lesson, you should be able to:

Identify Type I and Type II errors
Select an appropriate significance level (i.e., \(\alpha\) level) for a given scenario
Explain the problems associated with conducting multiple tests
Interpret the results of a hypothesis test in terms of practical significance
Distinguish between practical significance and statistical significance
Explain how changing different aspects of a research study would change the statistical power of the tests conducted
Compare and contrast confidence intervals and hypothesis tests