Some general thoughts about hypothesis testing A claim is any statement made about the truth; it could be a theory made by a scientist, or a statement from a prosecutor, a manufacture or a consumer Data cannot prove a claim however, because there May be other data that could contradict the theory Data can be used to reject the claim if there is a contradiction to what may be expected Put any claim in the null hypothesis H 0 Come up with an alternative hypothesis and put it as H 1 Study data and find a hypothesis testing statistics which is an informative summary of data that is most relevant in differentiating H 1 from H 0.
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