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hypothesis testing

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noun

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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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

Among these are careful theory development, plausibility analysis, statistical sampling and hypothesis testing.

From Scientific American • May 29, 2018

This bias in favor of the null hypothesis is what gives rise to the statement "tyranny of the status quo" when discussing hypothesis testing and the scientific method.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

Any experiment in the exploratory stage could be performed without formal statistical hypothesis testing.

From Nature • Feb. 21, 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

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