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Hypothesis

An assumption or theory.

During a criminal trial, a hypothesis is a theory set forth by either the prosecution or the defense for the purpose of explaining the facts in evidence. It also serves to set up a ground for an inference of guilt or innocence, or a showing of the most probable motive for a criminal offense.

hypothesis

noun assertion, assignment of cause, assumption, conclusion drawn from accepted truths, conjecture, deduction, guess, inference, postulate, postulation, speculation, suggestion, supposal, surmise, tentative explanation, tentative law, theory, thesis, unproved theory

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We review related work in Section 2, and also present an overview of sequential hypothesis testing in Section 3.

Sequential hypothesis testing based polling interval adaptation in wireless sensor networks for IoT applications

Another popular type of hypothesis testing is equivalence.

Primary question and hypothesis testing in randomized controlled clinical trials

Hypothesis testing is a common method applied in clinical research.

Hypothesis testing in clinical trials

In the table which has been set and named as hypothesis testing, inferential statistics known as Pearson correlation coefficient (R) is used.

Investigation of the relationship between quality of work life and customer relationship management in the police force of one of the cities in the west of Iran

confidence intervals should replace the use of hypothesis testing.

Using confidence intervals in supply chain and operations research

I would like to make some comments, which may be relevant, about the "null" in the null hypothesis testing process.

What's behind the numbers? Important decisions in judging practical significance

As a project, students might be asked to collect data for their favorite team or band and follow the analysis through from posing research questions, evaluating the tenability of assumptions, and hypothesis testing to making decisions and conclusions within the context of the scenario.

Introduction to regression using NBA statistics

Counselor hypothesis testing strategies: The role of initial impressions and self-schema.

Acceptance rates of African-American versus white consumers of vocational rehabilitation services: a meta-analysis

However, it has been shown repeatedly that the processes involved in clinical hypothesis testing, in clinical inferences, and in judgment are vulnerable to problems and biases that encroach on the validity of the product (see Faust, 1998; Wilson & Brekke, 1994).

Social workers' strategies for treatment hypothesis testing

Whereas most ecologists would agree that the hypothetico-deductive, scientific method of multiple working hypotheses is the best way to structure our research, hypothesis testing by itself does not allow one to choose among multiple, statistically significant, hypotheses.

Model selection and inference: a practical information-theoretic approach

The testing of hypotheses that the Court's emphasized language requires is called "hypothesis testing" and as the Court's quotations indicate, hypothesis testing is the essence of the scientific method.

The impact of Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., on expert testimony: with applications to securities litigation

This study represents the first application of the univariate non-nested hypothesis testing framework to infer how capital depreciates from the behavior of investment expenditures.