A Brief Introduction to Biostatistics

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One-tailed vs. two-tailed test



  • So far, we have been testing for a difference that
    can occur on both sides of the standard normal
    distribution

  • In our example, the z-value of 2.78 gave a P-value
    of 0.0054

  • For a one-tailed test, a z-score of 2.78 will give a
    P-value of 0.0027 (=0.0054/2). That is occurred
    when we are absolutely sure that the mean birth
    weight of our sample always exceeds that of the
    general population

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