What is the Null Hypothesis?
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Discuss: How is the null hypothesis chosen (why is it null)? What is the importance of rejecting the null hypothesis in relation of the sample to the population? With a failure to reject the null hypothesis, can we make a general statement about the population based on the sample findings?
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In about 180 words, this solution discusses the concept of the null hypothesis, outlining how the null hypothesis is constructed in comparison to the alternative hypothesis. Furthermore, this response addresses what it means when the null hypothesis is rejected or not, as well as how that decision is made.
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The null hypothesis is chosen to be the opposite of the claim, that is, opposite to what the researcher hopes or believes is
true. The claim therefore forms the alternative hypothesis. It is "null" because it is to be nullified, rejected as not being probable or refuted by ...
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