Statistics Interactive

Inference

Hypothesis test & p-value

15 min
Learning goals
  • You can formulate the null and alternative hypothesis.
  • You can interpret the p-value correctly.
  • You understand the relationship between α, the test statistic, and the decision.

Null hypothesis

H0:μ=0H_0: \mu = 0
0.5
1.0
30
0.05
Test statistic z:2.739
p-value:0.0062
Decision:Reject H₀
Rejection region (α)
observed test statistic