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BiteSize Stats: Hypothesis Testing for Two Samples

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University of Colorado Boulder

BiteSize Stats: Hypothesis Testing for Two Samples

Di Wu

Instructor: Di Wu

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August 2026

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Introduces the sampling distribution of the difference between two independent sample means and the conditions required for valid two-sample inference. Students run the two-sample Z-test when population standard deviations are known, the Welch two-sample t-test when they are not, and apply both within a complete A/B testing pipeline — including the pitfalls of peeking and multiple testing.

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24 readings1 assignment7 ungraded labs

Distinguishes paired from independent sample designs and shows why pairing reduces noise and produces a more powerful test. Students calculate paired differences and the paired t-statistic, construct confidence intervals for the mean difference, and apply the CI-hypothesis test duality to before/after and matched business comparisons.

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17 readings1 assignment5 ungraded labs

Covers the two-proportion Z-test for comparing two independent proportions, including the pooled standard error used for testing and the unpooled standard error used for confidence intervals. Students apply proportion tests to ad-channel comparisons, send-time optimization, and defect-rate analysis, learning when a statistically significant difference is too small to matter.

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17 readings1 assignment5 ungraded labs

Builds a contingency table from two categorical variables and calculates expected frequencies under independence, then the chi-square test of independence for detecting association. Students calculate Cramér's V to measure association strength separately from statistical significance, applying both to customer churn and survey-association questions.

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17 readings1 assignment5 ungraded labs

Explains why running multiple pairwise t-tests inflates the Type I error rate and introduces one-way ANOVA as the corrective F-test comparing between-group and within-group variance. Students construct the ANOVA table, run Tukey's HSD post-hoc test to identify which specific group pairs differ, and calculate eta-squared as an effect size, applying the full pipeline to a real four-region sales comparison.

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22 readings1 assignment6 ungraded labs

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Di Wu
University of Colorado Boulder
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