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null hypothesis
noun
Definition of NULL HYPOTHESIS
: a statistical hypothesis to be tested and accepted or rejected in favor of an alternative; specifically : the hypothesis that an observed difference (as between the means of two samples) is due to chance alone and not due to a systematic cause
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First Known Use of NULL HYPOTHESIS
1935
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