null hypothesis

English

Noun

null hypothesis (plural null hypotheses)

1. (statistics) 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.

Related terms

• alternative hypothesis

Translations

hypothesis

• Azerbaijani: sıfır hipotezi
• Catalan: hipòtesi nul·la f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 虛無假設／虚无假设 (heoi¹ mou⁴ gaa² cit³) (Hong Kong)

  Mandarin: 虛無假說／虚无假说 (xūwú jiǎshuō) (Taiwan), 零假設／零假设 (líng jiǎshè) (mainland China)

• Czech: nulová hypotéza f
• Danish: nulhypotese c
• Finnish: nollahypoteesi (fi)
• Galician: hipótese nula f
• German: Nullhypothese (de) f
• Hungarian: nullhipotézis (hu)
• Irish: hipitéis nialasach f
• Kazakh: нөлдік болжам (nöldık boljam)
• Korean: 귀무 가설(歸無假說) (gwimu gaseol), 영 가설(零假說) (yeong gaseol)
• Romanian: ipoteză nulă f
• Russian: нулева́я гипо́теза f (nulevája gipóteza)
• Turkish: boş hipotez
• Vietnamese: giả thuyết không (假說空)
• Welsh: rhagdybiaeth nwl f