"alternative hypothesis" meaning in English

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        "A rival hypothesis to the null hypothesis. Their likelihoods are compared by a statistical hypothesis test."
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          "statistics",
          "statistics"
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          "hypothesis",
          "hypothesis"
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          "null hypothesis",
          "null hypothesis"
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          "hypothesis test",
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        "(statistics) A rival hypothesis to the null hypothesis. Their likelihoods are compared by a statistical hypothesis test."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "null hypothesis"
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        "mathematics",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "hypothesis",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "alternativní hypotéza"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "hypothesis",
          "word": "vastahypoteesi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "hypothesis",
          "word": "vaihtoehtohypoteesi"
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          "sense": "hypothesis",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "hipótese alternativa"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "hypothesis",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Alternativhypothese"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "balamaly boljam",
          "sense": "hypothesis",
          "word": "баламалы болжам"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "hypothesis",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "hipótese alternativa"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "hypothesis",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ipoteză alternativă"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "alʹternatívnaja gipóteza",
          "sense": "hypothesis",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "альтернати́вная гипо́теза"
        }
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        "alternative hypothesis"
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        "(statistics) A rival hypothesis to the null hypothesis. Their likelihoods are compared by a statistical hypothesis test."
      ],
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        "mathematics",
        "sciences",
        "statistics"
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  "translations": [
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "hypothesis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alternativní hypotéza"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hypothesis",
      "word": "vastahypoteesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hypothesis",
      "word": "vaihtoehtohypoteesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "hypothesis",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hipótese alternativa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hypothesis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Alternativhypothese"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "balamaly boljam",
      "sense": "hypothesis",
      "word": "баламалы болжам"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hypothesis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "hipótese alternativa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "hypothesis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ipoteză alternativă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "alʹternatívnaja gipóteza",
      "sense": "hypothesis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "альтернати́вная гипо́теза"
    }
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