alternative hypothesis
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Alternative hypothesis An experimental hypothesis which is proposed as an alternative to the null hypothesis, and involves an assertion about an effect by the (specified) independent variable on the dependent variable which cannot be attributed simply to chance.
(see also: viability, verification, science, scientific approach, scientific methodology, pseudo-science, systematic evidence, evolution, anecdotal evidence, (conceptual) models, operational definition, critical thinking, falsifiability, testability)
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