Statistics for Psychology: A Beginner's Guide
Second Edition
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Define these key terms
1. Null hypothesis: the hypothesis that there is no relationship between variables
2. P-value: the probability of obtaining our effect size or more extreme from the null hypothesis
3. Type I error: a false positive: rejecting the null hypothesis when there is no population effect
4. Type II error: a false negative, failing to reject the null hypothesis when there is a population effect
Fill in the gaps
1. If you find a statistically significant result, using the most common value for alpha, your p-value must be less than 0.5.
2. If you do not find a statistically significant result, you cannot reject the null hypothesis.