Ge4 Hypothesis 1
Ge4 Hypothesis 1
Ge4 Hypothesis 1
HYPOTHESIS
A hypothesis is a conjectural statement
of the relation between two or more
variables. Hypotheses are always in
declarative sentence form, and they
relate either generally or specifically,
variables to variables.
TWO TYPES OF
HYPOTHESIS
A null hypothesis (Ho) is primarily for
statistical purposes. It is a statement that
we expect that there will be no
connection among variables.
An alternative hypothesis (Ha) states the
nature of the connection between or
among variables that we expect on theory
and/or prior research.
EXAMPLE
A new method of teaching was
introduced by Prof. Cortez in his tutorial
class in Statistics. Prior to the
implementation of the new teaching
method, a pre-test was given and after the
chapter is through a post test was also
administered.
The table below shows the data.
Students # Pre-test Post-test
1 101 113
2 89 89
3 112 121
4 105 99
5 90 104
6 91 94
7 89 99
a. Calculate the Pearson’s r.
b. Is there a significant positive or
negative correlation between the pre-
test and post-test results?
c. State the Ho and Ha. Which of the
two hypothesis will you accept at 5%
level of significance.
SOLUTION
Students # Pre-test Post-test xy x2 y2
(x) (y)
where t = t-test
r = value of Pearson’s r
n = sample size
72
t 0.76
1 (0.76) 2
t 2.615 2.571
COMPUTED T-VALUE TABULATED T-VALUE
df = n - 2
df = 7 - 2
df = 5
The difference between means is
significant, since the computed t-value
of 2.615 is greater than the tabulated t-
value of 2.571. Therefore, there is a
significant correlation between the pre-
test and post-test result. The null
hypothesis is rejected.
Prepared by:
JOSAN ROSELLE M. CORTEZ, M.A.
Math Teacher