
Setting up and testing hypotheses is an essential part of statistical inference. In order to formulate such a test, usually some theory has been put forward, either because it is believed to be true or because it is to be used as a basis for argument, but has not been proved, for example, claiming that a new drug is better than the current drug for...
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the theoretical basis of most statistical tests; it must decides between two hypotheses, the null hypothesis that the effect under investigation does not exist and the alternative hypothesis that this effect does in fact exist. The decision is made to reject the null hypothesis and accept the alternative hypothesis when the tes...
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