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Hypothesis testing in biology
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Hypothesis testing in biology
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Summary and Schedule
1. Overview and motivation
2. Our first test: Disease prevalence
3. One-sided vs. two-sided tests, and data snooping
4. Errors in hypothesis testing
5. One-sample t-test
6. The distribution of t according to the Central Limit Theorem
7. The distribution of t in practice
8. The two-sample and paired t-test
9. Interpreting p-values
10. Summary and practical aspects
11. References

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Overview and motivation


Our first test: Disease prevalence


One-sided vs. two-sided tests, and data snooping


Errors in hypothesis testing


One-sample t-test


The distribution of t according to the Central Limit Theorem


The distribution of t in practice


The two-sample and paired t-test


Interpreting p-values


Summary and practical aspects


References



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