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{{Short description|Alternative assumption to the null hypothesis}} {{main|Statistical hypothesis testing}} In [[statistical hypothesis testing]], the '''alternative hypothesis''' is one of the proposed propositions in the hypothesis test. In general the goal of hypothesis test is to demonstrate that in the given condition, there is sufficient evidence supporting the credibility of alternative hypothesis instead of the exclusive proposition in the test ([[null hypothesis]]).<ref>{{cite book|author1=Carlos Cortinhas|author2=Ken Black|title=Statistics for Business and Economics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ri1EDwAAQBAJ|date=23 September 2014|publisher=Wiley|isbn=978-1-119-94335-8|page=314}}</ref> It is usually consistent with the '''research hypothesis''' because it is constructed from [[literature review]], previous studies, etc. However, the research hypothesis is sometimes consistent with the null hypothesis. In statistics, alternative hypothesis is often denoted as '''H<sub>a</sub>''' or '''H<sub>1</sub>'''. Hypotheses are formulated to compare in a statistical hypothesis test. In the domain of [[inferential statistics]], two rival hypotheses can be compared by [[explanatory power]] and [[predictive power]].
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