Fundamentals of Inferential Statistics
Fundamentals of Inferential Statistics
Fundamentals of Inferential Statistics
INFERENTIAL STATISTICS
By: Saudi Daud
Hypothesis Testing
Steps:
1. Define Null Hypothesis (Ho)
2. Set the level of significance or Alpha (0.05 or
5%)
3. Identify the test to be used
4-5. SPSS
6. Make a decision or conclusion
1. Null Hypothesis (Ho)
How to write Ho?
• Goal
• Subject
• Measure
Example:
“There is no significant difference between the
students’ performance in quiz 1 and quiz 2.”
2. Alpha
• Alpha=0.05 (5%) or 0.01 (1%)
3. Identify the test to be used
T-TEST (Test of Difference)
Example:
According to the Philippine National Demographic and
Health Survey (NDHS), Filipino households consist of an
average of 4.2 people. However, a Barangay captain thinks it is
lesser. So, his staff randomly selected a sample of households in
their community and resulted the following family sizes:
5 4 5 4 4 3 6 4 3 3 5
6 3 3 3 7 4 5 4 2 3 3
At ɑ=0.01, is there enough evidence to support the Barangay
captain’s claim?
Solution:
Steps:
1. Ho: “The average Filipino household and the randomly
selected a sample of households in the community are the
same.”
2. Alpha=0.01 or 1%
3. One-Sample T-Test
4-5. SPSS
Compa
Mean
re to Interpretatio
IV DV Mean SD Differe T Value P Value
Consta n
nce
nt
Fililp
Fami
ino Do not reject
ly 4.05 1.253 4.2 -.155 -.579 .569
Hous Ho
sizes
ehold
6. Decision
The average family size of a Filipino household should be 4.2
. But since T Value = -.579, and P Value = -.579, then there is no
significant difference. So, Null Hypothesis (Ho) is rejected.
Hence, there is not enough evidence to support the Barangay
captain’s claim.
Paired T-Test (Dependent Sample T-Test)
-is a statistical hypothesis testing technique that compares the means of two
measurements or scores take from the same group.
Example:
A researcher is planning to compare the Math mean scores of
the students as shown below to see whether there is an
improvement before and after a particular intervention with
ɑ=0.05.
A 59 79 60 58 54 70 56 48 65 69 53 82 65 68 58 54 67 68 57 70
B 63 87 64 62 56 77 59 48 70 75 55 91 71 74 62 57 73 74 61 77
A-Pre Test
B-Post Test
Solution:
Steps:
1. Ho: “The Math mean score of the students in pre-test and
post-test after the intervention are similar.”
2. Alpha=0.05 or 5%
3. Paired or Dependent Sample T-Test
4-5. SPSS
Mean
IV DV Mean SD Differen T Value P Value Interpretation
ce
Pre-
63.00
Test
Math
Mean 2.215 4.8 -9.692 .000 Ho is rejected
Score Post-
67.80
Test
6. Decision
• There is a significant difference between the pre-test math mean score
and post-test math mean score of the students;
• Math mean score of the students in the post-test increase significantly;
• The intervention program for the students is effective.
Unpaired T-Test (Independent Sample T-Test)
-is a statistical hypothesis testing technique that compares the means of the two independent or
different groups of scores to determine if there is a significance between the two.
Example:
A researcher is planning to compare the effectiveness of having test
preparation course before taking Math exams. Determine which (with or
without test preparation course) has the highest mean scores in Math and test
its significance at 0.05 level.
Mean
IV DV Mean SD Differen T Value P Value Interpretation
ce
Witho
64.85 13.114
ut PC
Test
Do not reject
Score -2.504 -.667 .508
With the Ho
s 67.35 11.948
PC
6. Decision
• There is no significant difference between the pre-test math mean score
and post-test math mean score of the students;
• Students with test preparation course has the highest score mean
• Having test preparation course is not influential
QUIZ
1. Suppose a claim is made that the average
number of days a person spends on vacation
is more than or equal to 5 days. A sample of
16 people were asked and the following are
the result:
6 8 9 5 4 10 7 8
5 7 6 9 8 5 6 9
2. A statistic teacher wants to compare his two classes
if they performed any differently on the tests he gave
that semester. At the alpha level of 0.5, test if there
are significant difference between the two classes.
Class A Class B
80 82 78
82 85 80
84 82 81
79 81 84
85 75 79
84 84
88 85
90 78
81 80
85 83
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