Alternative Hypothesis
The alternative hypothesis is the hypothesis used in hypothesis testing that is contrary to the null hypothesis. It is usually taken to be that the observations are the result of a real effect (with some amount of chance variation superposed).
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Hypothesis, Hypothesis Testing, Null HypothesisExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
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References
Gonick, L. and Smith, W. The Cartoon Guide to Statistics. New York: Harper Perennial, p. 140, 1993.Kenney, J. F. and Keeping, E. S. Mathematics of Statistics, Pt. 1, 3rd ed. Princeton, NJ: Van Nostrand, p. 166, 1962.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
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Weisstein, Eric W. "Alternative Hypothesis." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/AlternativeHypothesis.html