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qid 7653 · economics

Question: Which of the following statements is INCORRECT concerning the classical hypothesis testing framework?

  1. If the null hypothesis is rejected, the alternative is accepted
  2. The null hypothesis is the statement being tested while the alternative encompasses the remaining outcomes of interest
  3. The test of significance and confidence interval approaches will always give the same conclusions
  4. Hypothesis tests are used to make inferences about the population parameters.

Our answer: A. If the null hypothesis is rejected, the alternative is accepted Source quote machine-checked (exact quote)

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“In this case, you could support the alternative hypothesis. I personally avoid saying ‘I accepted the alternative hypothesis’ because this implies I have proven it to be true.”

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