Hypothesis Testing
The method psychologists employ to prove or disprove the validity of their hypotheses.
When psychologists engage in research, they generate specific questions called hypotheses. Research hypotheses are informed speculations about the likely results
| HYPOTHESIS TESTING | ||
| You conclude that the two groups differ so you reject the Null Hypothesis. | You conclude that the two groups do not differ so you fail to reject the Null Hypothesis. | |
| Two groups really do differ | You correctly rejected the Null Hypothesis. You made a good decision. | You made a Type II error. You should have said there is a difference, but you made a mistake and said there wasn't. |
| Two groups really do not differ | You made a Type I error. You said that the... | |
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