hypothesis testing

Table of Contents

Introduction References & Edit History Related Topics

Discover

Nazi Germany, Nazi SS troops marching with victory standards at the Party Day rally in Nuremberg, Germany, 1933. (Schutzstaffel, Nazi Party, Nurnberg)

Why Was Nazi Germany Called the Third Reich?

Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"

How Deadly Is Quicksand?

Hemp (Cannabis sativa).

9 Mind-Altering Plants

Candles Burning On Table In Church

What Is the Most Widely Practiced Religion in the World?

Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)

7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.

What is Holy Week?

Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

hypothesis testing: Related Content

Written and fact-checked by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Topics

Student’s t-test statistical significance chi-squared test operating-characteristic curve significance test null hypothesis goodness-of-fit test F-test alternative hypothesis p-value

Dig Deeper: More Articles That Discuss This Topic

statistics: Hypothesis testing

Key People

Neyman, Jerzy

Jerzy Neyman

Polish mathematician and statistician