RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

REPORTING AND THESIS WRITING

NULL HYPOTHESIS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When a hypothesis is stated negatively it is called
A
Relational hypothesis
B
Situational hypothesis
C
Null hypothesis
D
Casual hypothesis
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The null hypothesis is always stated in the negative. This is because you have to be able to prove something is indeed true. Technically speaking, the word “hypothesis” is a Greek word that means “an assumption subject to verification”. The null hypothesis is what we test with statistics.

Detailed explanation-2: -A null hypothesis is a type of statistical hypothesis that proposes that no statistical significance exists in a set of given observations. Hypothesis testing is used to assess the credibility of a hypothesis by using sample data. Sometimes referred to simply as the “null, ‘’ it is represented as H0.

Detailed explanation-3: -A scientific hypothesis is a statement of what theresearcher expects to find upon conducting a study. A statistical hypothesis, however, is a statement of what the statisticianexpects NOT to find. For this reason it is called a NULL hypothesis.

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