Definition: Point and set hypothesis
Index:
The Book of Statistical Proofs ▷
General Theorems ▷
Frequentist statistics ▷
Statistical hypotheses ▷
Point/exact vs. set/inexact
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Definition: Let $H$ be a statistical hypothesis. Then,
- $H$ is called a point hypothesis or exact hypothesis, if it specifies an exact parameter value:
- $H$ is called a set hypothesis or inexact hypothesis, if it specifies a set of possible values with more than one element for the parameter value (e.g. a range or an interval):
- Wikipedia (2021): "Exclusion of the null hypothesis"; in: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, retrieved on 2021-03-19; URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusion_of_the_null_hypothesis#Terminology.
Metadata: ID: D129 | shortcut: hyp-point | author: JoramSoch | date: 2021-03-19, 14:28.