Week 4 Individual Assignment
Erwin O. Raymer III
PSY/315
Jan. 13th 2014
Jennifer Lapin

Week 4 Individual Assignment The five steps of hypothesis testing consist of the following. Restate the question as a research hypothesis and a null hypothesis. This is where an individual would make a research hypothesis, which is basically a prediction intended to be tested in a research study. This prediction is usually based on the researcher’s theory. A null hypothesis is the opposite of the research hypothesis. If the null hypothesis is found to be true then it is not possible for the research hypothesis to be relevant. Same goes for if the research hypothesis is true then the null hypothesis is unable to be relevant as well. Determine the characteristics of the comparison distribution.
In the hypothesis testing process you want to find out the probability that you could have a sample score as extreme as what you got if your sample was from a population with a distribution of the sort you would have if the null hypothesis were true. That is in the hypothesis testing process, you compare the actual samples score to this comparison distribution. Determine the cut off sample score on the comparison distribution at which the null hypothesis should be rejected. (Critical value)
Ideally, before conducting a study, researchers set a target against which they will compare their results. How extreme a sample score they would need to decide against the null hypothesis that is how extreme the sample score would have to be for it to be too unlikely that they could get such an extreme score if the null hypothesis were true. In other words for one to reject the null hypothesis the point of the cutoff sample score would have to reach or exceeds the sample score. If the null hypothesis is true the Z score is set at a score, which would be