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null hypothesis

noun

(in the statistical testing of a hypothesis) the hypothesis to be tested.

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Nearby words

nul, null, null and void, null cell, null character, null hypothesis, null method, null sequence, null-space, nulla-nulla, nullah
Compare alternative hypothesis.

Origin of null hypothesis

First recorded in 1930–35
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British Dictionary definitions for null hypothesis

null hypothesis

noun

statistics the residual hypothesis if the alternative hypothesis tested against it fails to achieve a predetermined significance levelCompare hypothesis testing, alternative hypothesis
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