At times we wish to examine statistical evidence, and determine whether it supports or contradicts a claim that has been made (or that we might wish to make) concerning the entire population. This is ...

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Hypothesis testing problems in which the null hypothesis is simple, the parameter space is finite dimensional and the supports of the probability measures are independent of the parameter are ...

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This note outlines an approach for introducing students to estimation and hypothesis testing with censored data using a National Hockey League example. We consider the effects of extending the ...