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Material Type: Notes; Class: STATISTICAL METHODS; Subject: STATISTICS; University: Texas A&M University; Term: Fall 2006;
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What material will be covered on this exam? Chapter 7.1, 7.2 and Chapter 8 will be covered on the exam. How should I study for this exam? Read the chapters and slides Re-do the assigned homework and look at solutions Rework the review problems I did in class Review your lab exercise and handouts Work through some old exams Make a formula/notes sheet to bring with you. I suggest one side of it as Hypothesis testing flow chart – can write corresponding confidence interval formulae on it. What can I bring with me to the exam? 8.5 x 11 notes sheet with anything you want on it (except no photocopies of anything!) Gray 8.5 x 11 scantron Calculator Z-table and T-table will be provided Pencil and Erasers Picture ID
Chapter 7: One sample t-statistic and its degrees of freedom When to use one sample t-statistic Know how to read t-table – how it is different from z-table, how to find probabilities (>, <, not =) Confidence Interval for 1 sample t Hypothesis testing for 1 sample t Matched pairs t (paired t) When to use matched pairs Confidence interval for matched pairs Hypothesis testing for matched pairs Know that matched pairs is more powerful than a 2 sample t-test Two sample problems Two sample z-statistic When to use a two sample z-statistic Two sample t-statistic and its degrees of freedom When to use a two sample t Confidence Interval for two sample t Hypothesis testing for two sample t Two sample pooled t-test (we use this when σ 1 =σ 2 ) Two sample pooled t Confidence Interval
What to Know for the Test 1-sample t- test 2-sample t- test pooled t- test 2-sample proportions Know when to do which test!!!! Also know for each: