February, 2003
© 2000, 2001  Scott S. Emerson, M.D., Ph.D.
Session 2: 59
Stopping Rules
Generalization of hypothesis tests
Require only  q- £ q0+ £ q0- £ q+ 
Correspondence between hypotheses and boundaries
·‘a’ boundary rejects H0-: q ³ q0-
·‘b’ boundary rejects H-: q £ q-
·‘c’ boundary rejects H+: q ³ q+
·‘d’ boundary rejects H0+: q £ q0+