In: Statistics and Probability
Which of these can be properly regarded as a statistical hypothesis?
a)None of the options
b.) = -2.6
c.) z = -1.7
d.) μ0 = -1.2
correct option is d) 0=-1.2
Reason:
A statistical hypothesis is a hypothesis or statement concerning the parameters of the population.It is a statement about the nature of a population. It is defined or stated in terms of a population parameter.
And since from all of the above options only this option has the statement about the population parameter, that is 0, therefore it is the correct option.
Option a) is not correct because out of the other 3 options 1 is correct that is d), hence the first option can not be correct.
Option b) is not correct because it does not specify any variable or parameter or anything on the left side of the equation. Hence we can not conclude if it is a statistical hypothesis or not.
Option c) is not correct because it is a test statistics (a function of sample data) rather than a statistical hypothesis.