6 Inference H: What is Alpha? What is hypothesis testing?

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Channel: BurkeyAcademy · 2010 · Education

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Discover Your Inner Alpha: Why do people talk about alpha=.05 in hypothesis testing?  Why do some people use .10 or .01?  Discover your inner alpha in this experiment, your willingness to commit a type 1 error.

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