Explain how we can use a population mean and the standard error to test a hypothesis.
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The one-sample z-test and t-test both consider the difference between a measured sample mean and a known population mean with our estimate of sampling error in the form of the standard error removed in the calculation of the test statistic. This statistical value is then used to determine the probability (p) value of getting our sample mean in the distribution of sample means for the population. A low p value indicates an extreme score for the distribution, making it possible to reject the null hypothesis that the sample mean is from this distribution.
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