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null hypothesis

noun

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


null hypothesis

noun

  1. statistics the residual hypothesis if the alternative hypothesis tested against it fails to achieve a predetermined significance level Compare hypothesis testing alternative hypothesis
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Origin of null hypothesis1

First recorded in 1930–35

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