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3 examples of cause and effect hypothesis?
Give 3 example of cause and effect
Explain what is meant by null hypothesis?
The null hypothesis is an hypothesis about some population parameter. The goal of hypothesis testing is to check the viability of the null hypothesis in the light of experimental data. Based on the data, the null hypothesis either will or will not be rejected as a viable possibility.
If after doing some research you find that the data doesn't support your hypothesis what should you do?
Propose another hypothesis
Examples of non-directional hypothesis?
Boys and girls are different heights. As opposed to: Boys are taller than girls.
Is the null hypothesis considered correct until proven otherwise?
No. The null hypothesis is not considered correct. It is an assumption, and hypothesis testing is a consistent meand of determining whether the data is sufficiently strong to say that it may be untrue. The data either supports the alternative hypothesis or it fails to reject it. See examples in links. Also note this quote from Wikipedia: "Statistical hypothesis testing is used to make a decision about whether the data contradicts the null hypothesis: this is called significance testing. A null hypothesis is never proven by such methods, as the absence of evidence against the null hypothesis does not establish it."
