Statistical test for a hypothesis

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Statistical test for a hypothesis
Message posted by angie (via 198.81.16.167) on August 19, 2001 at 2:12 AM (ET)

please help! I am conducting research on a hypothesis, one varialbe. what test should I use?

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Re: Statistical test for a hypothesis
Message posted by karuthan (via 202.188.214.50) on August 20, 2001 at 2:21 AM (ET)

What type variable is this : measurement or category.
If measurement you may want to test the mean.
If categorical you may want to test the proportion

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