# populations |
Population |
variance |
Samples |
Statistic |
Variance |
Formula for |
test statistic |
Decision rule
There are several ways to phrase
the decision rule and they all have the same meaning.
Reject the
null if:
1) |test statistic| > |critical value|
2) The absolute
value of the test statistic
is bigger than the absolute
critical value
3) p-value < some significance level
most often 0.05
Usually, you will be using the p-value
to make a decision.