8 Hypothesis Testing

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Methods of Finding Tests

8.2.1 Likelihood Ratio Tests

8.2.2 Bayesian Tests

8.2.3 Union-Intersection and Intersection-Union Tests

8.3 Methods of Evaluating Tests

8.3.1 Error Probabilities and the Power Function

8.3.2 Most Powerful Tests

8.3.3 Sizes of Union-Intersection and Intersection-Union Tests

8.3.4 p-Values

8.3.5 Loss Function Optimality

8.4 Miscellanea