Re: Who "invented" the null hypthesis?

Matt Dz. wrote:
"Luis A. Afonso" wrote:
Matt Dz.


My response


If BY CHANCE you read WIKIPEDIA you would find the following: (quoting)

It is actually quite funny that you refer to the Wikipedia, where one can read:
"The hypothesis is incorrect, therefore reject the null hypothesis. (Therefore the critical region is sometimes called the rejection region, while its complement is the acceptance region.)"

Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testing_Hypotheses


...while later you write:
Therefore
a) the term *acceptance region* should not be used

Are you suggesting that the sources you are using are self-contradictory?

Regards,
Matt Dz.
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