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null hypothesis

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

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A hypothesis set up to be nullified or refuted in order to support an alternative hypothesis. When used, the null hypothesis is presumed true until statistical evidence in the form of a hypothesis test indicates otherwise. Therefore, the null and the alternative hypothesis must be mutually exclusive and exhaustive.

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Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

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22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: sıfır hipotezi — hypothesis
  • Bulgarian: нулева хипотеза (nuleva hipoteza) — hypothesis
  • Catalan: hipòtesi nul·la — hypothesis
  • Chinese Cantonese: 虛無假設 /虚无假设 (heoi1 mou4 gaa2 cit3) — hypothesis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 虛無假說 /虚无假说 (xūwú jiǎshuō) — hypothesis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 零假設 /零假设 (líng jiǎshè) — hypothesis
  • Czech: nulová hypotéza — hypothesis
  • Danish: nulhypotese — hypothesis
  • Finnish: nollahypoteesi — hypothesis
  • Galician: hipótese nula — hypothesis
  • German: Nullhypothese — hypothesis
  • Hungarian: nullhipotézis — hypothesis
  • Irish: hipitéis nialasach — hypothesis
  • Kazakh: нөлдік болжам (nöldık boljam) — hypothesis
  • Korean: 귀무 가설 (gwimu gaseol) — hypothesis
  • Korean: 영 가설 (yeong gaseol) — hypothesis
  • Polish: hipoteza zerowa — hypothesis
  • Romanian: ipoteză nulă — hypothesis
  • Russian: нулева́я гипо́теза (nulevája gipóteza) — hypothesis
  • Turkish: boş hipotez — hypothesis
  • Vietnamese: giả thuyết không — hypothesis
  • Welsh: rhagdybiaeth nwl — hypothesis