Hypothesis Testing
Hypothesis Testing: A systematic way to select samples from a group or population with the intent of making a determination about the expected behavior of the entire group. Part of the field of inferential statistics, hypothesis testing is also known as significance testing, since significance (or lack of same) is usually the bar that determines whether or not the hypothesis is accepted. A hypothesis is similar to a theory If you believe something might be true but don’t yet have definitive proof, it is considered a theory until that proof is provided. Turning theories into accepted statements of fact is…
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