null hypothesis

noun
(in the statistical testing of a hypothesis) the hypothesis to be tested.


Origin:
1930–35

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null hypothesis
 
n
statistics hypothesis testing Compare alternative hypothesis the residual hypothesis if the alternative hypothesis tested against it fails to achieve a predetermined significance level

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Null hypothesis is always a great word to know.
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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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Main Entry:  null hypothesis
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  the proposition that is to be tested; the hypothesis under investigation
Example:  A null hypothesis is tested and accepted or rejected in favor of an alternative.
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The example given there led to rejection of the null hypothesis of equality.
It's probably the major field in which papers get published with null hypothesis results.
The null hypothesis is either rejected or not rejected.
First, one develops a null hypothesis about some phenomenon or parameter.
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