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alternative hypothesis
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alternative hypothesis
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(Mathematics & Measurements / Statistics) Statistics the hypothesis that given data do not conform with a given null hypothesis: the null hypothesis is accepted only if its probability exceeds a predetermined significance level See hypothesis testing Compare null hypothesis


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Recent evidence, however, suggests an alternate hypothesis.
001) was significant, indicating that the null hypothesis that the two groups--teaching versus nonteaching--are identical must be rejected and the alternate hypothesis that the two groups are significantly different is supported.
However, the fact that a scientific theory cannot yet render an explanation on every point, should not be used as a pretext to thrust an untestable alternate hypothesis, grounded in religion, into the classroom or to misrepresent well-established scientific propositions.
 
 
 
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