Chapter 8 and 9 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. the probability that measures the strength of the evidence against a null hypothesis
  2. 6. shows how close the estimate tends to be to the unknown parameter in repeated random sampling
  3. 11. the statistic that estimates the parameter p
  4. 14. gives the overall success rate of the method for calculating the confidence interval
  5. 15. depends on both the confidence level and the sampling distribution of the statistic
  6. 16. if the p-value is smaller than alpha, we say that the data are ____ _____
  7. 17. if we reject the null hypothesis when the null hypothesis is true
  8. 19. used to compare the p-value with a fixed value that we regard as decisive
  9. 20. when the standard deviation is estimated from the data, the result is called the ______ ______ of the statistic
Down
  1. 1. if we fail to reject the null hypothesis when the null hypothesis is false
  2. 3. a formal procedure for comparing observed data with a claim whose truth we want to assess
  3. 4. the claim about the population that we are trying to find evidence for
  4. 5. a statistic that provides an estimate of a population parameter
  5. 7. a range of values so defined that there is a specified probability that the value of a parameter lies within it
  6. 8. the value of a point estimator from a sample
  7. 9. if it states that the parameter is different from the null hypothesis value the alternative hypothesis is ____
  8. 10. if 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 the alternative hypothesis is ____
  9. 12. numbers that summarize data for an entire population
  10. 13. random, normal, and independent
  11. 18. the claim tested by a statistical test