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An Exercise to Introduce Power.

Authors :
Seier, Edith
Liu, Yali
Source :
Teaching Statistics. Spring2013, Vol. 35 Issue 1, p53-56. 4p.
Publication Year :
2013

Abstract

In introductory statistics courses, the concept of power is usually presented in the context of testing hypotheses about the population mean. We instead propose an exercise that uses a binomial probability table to introduce the idea of power in the context of testing a population proportion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0141982X
Volume :
35
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Teaching Statistics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
85017784
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9639.2011.00464.x