Hypothesis Testing — Daily Practice Problems
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Q1 (Remember):What is a hypothesis in statistics?
Q2 (Remember):Define the null hypothesis (H₀) and the alternative hypothesis
(H₁) in your own words.
Q3 (Understand):A new fertilizer claims to increase crop yield. What should be your
H₀ and H₁ if you want to test this?
Q4 (Understand):True or False: If we reject the null hypothesis, it means the
alternative hypothesis is proven.
Justify your answer.
Q5 (Apply): You suspect a die is biased towards rolling a 6 more often.
Write the appropriate H₀ and H₁ for this.
Q6 (Apply):A university believes its new teaching method improves student grades.
You sample 100 students and find average marks higher than before.
Should the hypothesis test be one-tailed or two-tailed? Why?
Q7 (Remember): What does the significance level (α) represent in a hypothesis
test?
Q8 (Apply):If α = 0.05, how many rejections of H₀ would you expect by chance alone
out of 100 tests (assuming all H₀ are true)?
Q9 (Understand):A researcher sets α = 0.01.
Explain what this means in terms of how strong the evidence needs to be to reject
H₀.
Q10 (Understand):
Fill in the blank:
We always assume that the ___________ hypothesis is true when we start
testing.
Q11 (Apply):You’re checking whether a new teaching method results in a different
average score than the old one.
Which kind of test (one-tailed or two-tailed) is appropriate and why?
Q12 (Apply):A startup says its delivery time is less than 30 minutes on average.
State H₀ and H₁ and mention the tail type.
Q13 (Understand):What does it mean to fail to reject the null hypothesis?
Q14 (Apply):If your test result is not significant, does it mean the null hypothesis is
definitely true? Explain.
Q15 (Challenge):Why can we never say a null hypothesis is proven?
How is this different from how we think about proofs in mathematics?
Q10 (Create):
Design a real-world scenario (not coin/die) and write possible H₀ and H₁ for a one-tailed test.
Q11 (Create):
Design a real-world scenario and write possible H₀ and H₁ for a two-tailed test.