Chapter 9 Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. cut-off values that define regions where the test statistic is unlikely to lie
  2. 4. The preconceived idea or theory or thesis that a person attempts to verify
  3. 7. It states that a parameter is larger than the null hypothesis value or if it states that the parameter is smaller than the null value
  4. 9. A formal procedure for using observed data to decide between two hypotheses
  5. 12. he distribution (or pattern) of the data within a dataset
  6. 14. The probability of making a Type I error when the null hypothesis is true as an equality
  7. 15. Rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true
  8. 17. the probability of making a Type I error
  9. 18. The opposite or complement of the alternative hypothesis. Usually the accepted or established theory
  10. 20. is the extent to which a distribution is stretched or squeezed
Down
  1. 2. a range of values so defined that there is a specified probability that the value of a parameter lies within it
  2. 3. a statistic that provides an estimate of a population parameter
  3. 5. Accepting the null hypothesis when it is false
  4. 6. the difference between the point estimate and the true parameter value is less than this
  5. 8. the median and/or mean of the data
  6. 10. gives the overall success rate of the method for calculating the confidence interval
  7. 11. the value of the statistic from a sample
  8. 13. The probability, computed using the test statistic, that measures the support provided by the sample for the null hypothesis.
  9. 16. any numerical quantity that characterizes a given population
  10. 19. It states that the parameter is different from the null hypothesis value