Hypothesis testing involves making tentative assumptions about population parameters or distributions, called null hypotheses (H0). Alternative hypotheses (Ha) are also defined. Sample data is used to determine if H0 can be rejected. If rejected, the conclusion is that Ha is true. There are two types of errors that can occur - type I errors when a true H0 is rejected, and type II errors when a false H0 is not rejected. The significance level and power aim to control these errors. One-tailed and two-tailed tests look at relationships between variables in different ways.
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