Other Types of Hypotheses In addition to the null hypothesis, the alternative hypothesis is also a staple in traditional significancetests. It's essentially the opposite of the null hypothesis because it assumes the claim in question is true. For the first item in the table above, for example,...
Researchers seek to determine whether or not their hypothesis, or hypotheses if they have more than one, will prove true. Sometimes they do, and sometimes they do not. Either way, the research is considered successful if one can conclude whether or not a hypothesis is true. Null Hypothesis A...
Formulate the hypotheses, the test statistic Z and the rejection region. Hypothesis Test for Mean: To test the hypothesis for the population mean we need an estimated value of it (i.e. the sample mean) which we can test ...