alternative hypothesis

American  

noun

1. (in the statistical testing of a hypothesis) the hypothesis to be accepted if the null hypothesis is rejected.

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alternative hypothesis British  

noun

1. statistics the hypothesis that given data do not conform with a given null hypothesis: the null hypothesis is accepted only if its probability exceeds a predetermined significance level Compare hypothesis testing null hypothesis

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Example Sentences

The distributions on either side of the H0 distribution represent distributions that would be true if H0 is false, under the alternative hypothesis listed as Ha.

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This could be seen by the statement of the alternative hypothesis as μ ≠ 100, in this example.

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The burden of proof always lies with the alternative hypothesis.

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Ha: The alternative hypothesis: It is a claim about the population that is contradictory to H0 and what we conclude when we cannot accept H0.

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Then and only then would I have the right, so to speak—would I give myself permission, as it were—to consider the alternative hypothesis: I was pardoned.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus