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<p>100 <a href="page.php?w=list_of_statistical_tests">specialized statistical tests</a> are in use.</p>

<p><big>Definition of terms</big></p>
<p>The goal of a hypothesis test is to establish whether certain properties of a <a href="page.php?w=statistical_population">statistical population</a> are true by examining <a href="page.php?w=Sampling_%28statistics%29">sample data</a>. Typically, the population is modelled by a <a href="page.php?w=random_variable">random variable</a> whose distribution has unknown parameters. For example, a medical trial may wish</p><p>
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