Re: THE BIG BANG (OR the pyramidal BLUNDER)
- From: "Matt Dz." <matt-NO-SPAM.please@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 04:02:29 +0200
"Luis A. Afonso" wrote:
My response
H0 u H1 represent all real numbers (with eventually same sub-intervals of H1 with probability ZERO).
This is FALSE.
"H0" and "H1" denote _statements_ about the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis about the _parameter_, respectively.
They constitute a _partition_ of the set of parameters into the rejection and acceptance regions, being mutually exclusive subsets of the parameter space. The parameter space does not even have to be a real line!
Check for example:
http://www.edpsciences.org/articles/ps/abs/2000/01/psVol4-3/psVol4-3.html
> Being H0: mu=0 then, necessarily, H1: mu NOT ZERO.
This "necessarily" part is also false. We may have:
a) H1: mu < 0
b) H1: mu != 0
c) H1: mu > 0
You have mentioned "b)" as being, of necessity, the only possible alternative hypothesis, which is untrue.
Regards,
Matt Dz.
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