The Basic Practice of Statistics 7th Edition

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 146414253X
ISBN 13: 978-1-46414-253-6

Chapter 17 - Tests of Significance: The Basics - Apply Your Knowledge - Page 396: 17.5

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Null hypothesis is a general statement or default position that there is no relationship between two measured phenomena Alternative hypothesis is the hypothesis used in hypothesis testing that is contrary to the null hypothesis Alternative Hypothesis is one sided as the professor suspects this section's students perform worse than the population of all students in the class on average.

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Null hypothesis is a general statement or default position that there is no relationship between two measured phenomena Alternative hypothesis is the hypothesis used in hypothesis testing that is contrary to the null hypothesis Alternative Hypothesis is one-sided as the professor suspects this section's students perform worse than the population of all students in the class on average.
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