Biostatistics Study NotesFrom concepts and derivations to interpretation

CHAPTER 03

Foundations of Hypothesis Testing

Foundations of Hypothesis Testing

LEARNING PATH

Topics in this chapter

Read by topic; each article preserves the complete explanations, formulas, and tables from the original notes.

3 topic articles
  1. 01

    Sampling and Sampling Distributions

    Connect populations and samples with probability sampling, the central limit theorem, sampling distributions, standard errors, and unbiased variance.

    54 content blocks
  2. 02

    Screening Tests and ROC Curves

    Learn 2×2 diagnostic tables, sensitivity, specificity, predictive values, ROC curves, AUC, and clinically appropriate thresholds.

    29 content blocks
  3. 03

    Hypothesis Testing

    Study null and alternative hypotheses, one- and two-sided tests, errors, power, p-values, critical values, and confidence intervals.

    45 content blocks