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1hypothesis test — an abstract procedure for determining whether a set of observations is consistent with a hypothesis under consideration; it is the theoretical basis of most statistical tests. A hypothesis test decides between two hypotheses, one stating that the …
2Statistical hypothesis testing — This article is about frequentist hypothesis testing which is taught in introductory statistics. For Bayesian hypothesis testing, see Bayesian inference. A statistical hypothesis test is a method of making decisions using data, whether from a… …
3Riemann hypothesis — The real part (red) and imaginary part (blue) of the Riemann zeta function along the critical line Re(s) = 1/2. The first non trivial zeros can be seen at Im(s) = ±14.135, ±21.022 and ±25.011 …
4Rare Earth hypothesis — In planetary astronomy and astrobiology, the Rare Earth hypothesis argues that the emergence of complex multicellular life (metazoa) on Earth required an improbable combination of astrophysical and geological events and circumstances. The term… …
5Kurgan hypothesis — The Kurgan hypothesis (also theory or model) is a model of early Indo European origins, which postulates that the Kurgan culture of the Pontic steppe were the most likely speakers of the reconstructed Proto Indo European language. Though… …
6Nebular hypothesis — Star formation Interstellar medium Molecular cloud …
7Alternative hypothesis — Main article: Statistical hypothesis testing In statistical hypothesis testing, the alternative hypothesis (or maintained hypothesis or research hypothesis) and the null hypothesis are the two rival hypotheses which are compared by a statistical… …
8OPV AIDS hypothesis — Main articles: AIDS origin and AIDS origins opposed to scientific consensus The oral polio vaccine (OPV) AIDS hypothesis argues that the AIDS pandemic originated from live polio vaccines prepared in chimpanzee tissue cultures and then… …
9Duesberg hypothesis — The Duesberg hypothesis is the claim, associated with University of California, Berkeley professor Peter Duesberg, that various non infectious factors such as recreational and pharmaceutical drug use are the cause of AIDS, and that HIV (human… …
10Null hypothesis — For the periodical, see Null Hypothesis: The Journal of Unlikely Science. The practice of science involves formulating and testing hypotheses, assertions that are capable of being proven false using a test of observed data. The null hypothesis… …
