"null hypothesis" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: null hypotheses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|null hypotheses}} null hypothesis (plural null hypotheses)
  1. (statistics) A hypothesis set up to be nullified or refuted in order to support an alternative hypothesis. When used, the null hypothesis is presumed true until statistical evidence in the form of a hypothesis test indicates otherwise. Therefore, the null and the alternative hypothesis must be mutually exclusive and exhaustive. Wikipedia link: null hypothesis Categories (topical): Statistics Related terms: alternative hypothesis Translations (hypothesis): sıfır hipotezi (Azerbaijani), hipòtesi nul·la [feminine] (Catalan), 虛無假設 (Chinese Cantonese), 虚无假设 (heoi¹ mou⁴ gaa² cit³) [Hong-Kong] (Chinese Cantonese), 虛無假說 (Chinese Mandarin), 虚无假说 (xūwú jiǎshuō) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), 零假設 (Chinese Mandarin), 零假设 (líng jiǎshè) [Mainland-China] (Chinese Mandarin), nulová hypotéza [feminine] (Czech), nulhypotese [common-gender] (Danish), nollahypoteesi (Finnish), hipótese nula [feminine] (Galician), Nullhypothese [feminine] (German), nullhipotézis (Hungarian), hipitéis nialasach [feminine] (Irish), нөлдік болжам (nöldık boljam) (Kazakh), 귀무 가설 (gwimu gaseol) (alt: 歸無假說) (Korean), 영 가설 (yeong gaseol) (alt: 零假說) (Korean), ipoteză nulă [feminine] (Romanian), нулева́я гипо́теза (nulevája gipóteza) [feminine] (Russian), boş hipotez (Turkish), giả thuyết không (alt: 假說空) (Vietnamese), rhagdybiaeth nwl [feminine] (Welsh)

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      "alt": "假說空",
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