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Alternative Hypothesis


The alternative hypothesis is the hypothesis used in hypothesis testing that is contrary to the null hypothesis. It is usually taken to be that the observations are the result of a real effect (with some amount of chance variation superposed).


See also

Hypothesis, Hypothesis Testing, Null Hypothesis

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References

Gonick, L. and Smith, W. The Cartoon Guide to Statistics. New York: Harper Perennial, p. 140, 1993.Kenney, J. F. and Keeping, E. S. Mathematics of Statistics, Pt. 1, 3rd ed. Princeton, NJ: Van Nostrand, p. 166, 1962.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Alternative Hypothesis." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/AlternativeHypothesis.html

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