Use the preparation materials to prepare hand-written answers for the following questions. Please ask any questions on the "Questions -- Preparation Guide" on the course Team (see link on the homepage.)
  1. Define statistical inference.
  2. What are (i.e., list) the 11 steps of any hypothesis test?
  3. What is the null hypothesis in a 1-Sample Z-Test? [Write your answer using statistical symbols and as a sentence.]
  4. What is the statistic in a 1-Sample Z-Test?
  5. What is the test statistic in a 1-Sample Z-Test? [What is the symbol and the equation for this test statistic?]
  6. What is the formula to compute a confidence region in a 1-Sample Z-Test?
  7. What is the difference between Z (the test statistic) and Z*?
  8. What are the assumptions of a 1-Sample Z-Test?
  9. What characteristics define when a 1-Sample Z-Test will be used?
  10. What questions do you have from this reading that you would like me to address? [Please be as specific as possible. Don’t just say “everything” or “I don’t understand anything.” Of course, you can ask questions about the reading before class on MS Teams (see link above).]