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Carpentries Incubator
Hypothesis testing in biology
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    Hypothesis testing in biology
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    Summary and Setup
    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

    • Key Points
    • Glossary
    • Learner Profiles

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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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