Mathematics A-Level
Binomial hypothesis tests for a proportion
What Binomial hypothesis tests for a proportion means in Mathematics A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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A test of a claim about a proportion p that takes a random sample of size n and counts successes X, with X ~ B(n, p₀) under H₀.
Topics that use Binomial hypothesis tests for a proportion
- Statistical hypothesis testing (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Contextual interpretation of significance
- Critical regions and p-values
- null hypothesis
- One-tailed and two-tailed critical regions
- significance level
- Test statistic
- Alternative hypothesis
- Inference from sample to population
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