hypothesis testing

British  

noun

1. statistics the theory, methods, and practice of testing a hypothesis concerning the parameters of a population distribution (the null hypothesis ) against another (the alternative hypothesis ) which will be accepted only if its probability exceeds a predetermined significance level, generally on the basis of statistics derived from random sampling from the given population Compare statistical inference

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Example Sentences

The process of scientific discovery is a complicated story involving data collection, hypothesis testing, hypothesis falsification, hypothesis revision, further testing and brilliant but fallible humans doing all that work.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2023

I don’t think it should even be considered a science, because science has hypothesis testing and it has a well-defined concept of what is means to have evidence.

From Slate • Nov. 11, 2019

The burden of proof in hypothesis testing is carried in the alternative.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

The critical thinking assessment measures 5 components of critical thinking skills including verbal reasoning, argument analysis, hypothesis testing, probability and uncertainty, decision-making, and problem-solving. 

From Scientific American • Oct. 3, 2017

Polling with Confidence Estimating characteristics of a population, such as the percentage who favor a certain candidate or a particular brand of dog food, is, like hypothesis testing, simple in principle.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos