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Title: What is the alternative hypothesis?
Post by: Papirikis on Oct 4, 2016
   What is the alternative hypothesis?
a.   A statement that the IV will have an effect on the DV
b.   A statement that the IV will not have an effect on the DV
c.   A statement that a treatment will not have an effect
d.   A statement regarding the validity of a study


Title: Re: What is the alternative hypothesis?
Post by: leesajohnson on Oct 5, 2016
The alternative hypothesis, denoted by H1 or Ha, is the hypothesis that sample observations are influenced by some non-random cause. The alternative hypothesis states that the population parameter is different than the value of the population parameter in the null hypothesis. The alternative hypothesis is what you might believe to be true or hope to prove true.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_hypothesis