1. What is hypothesis testing?
2. Discuss the statement "The sample must be representative of the population." In your discussion, be sure to include the concepts of generalizability and sampling procedures.
3. In hypothesis testing, there are some errors that could be committed if the wrong decision is made regarding the null hypothesis. These errors are Type I and Type II errors. Please describe each one of them, and provide an example when you are committing a Type I and/or a Type II error.
4. Discuss each of the three main assumptions for parametric statistics. Include in your discussion which of the variables will be tested for the assumptions, the independent, or dependent variable.
5. Describe and explain the assumption of normality. How could you test for this assumption?
6. Describe and explain the assumption of independence.
7. Provide an example of a statistical analysis where homogeneity of variance is important.