null hypothesis

noun

(in the statistical testing of a hypothesis) the hypothesis to be tested.
Compare alternative hypothesis.

Origin of null hypothesis

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby null hypothesis

nul, null, null and void, null cell, null character, null hypothesis, null method, null sequence, null-space, nulla-nulla, nullah

British Dictionary definitions for null hypothesis

null hypothesis

noun

statistics the residual hypothesis if the alternative hypothesis tested against it fails to achieve a predetermined significance level Compare hypothesis testing, alternative hypothesis