SOLUTION: If we fail to reject (i.e., "accept") the null hypothesis, does this mean that we have proved it to be true beyond all doubt?

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Question 1024413: If we fail to reject (i.e., "accept") the null hypothesis, does this mean that we have proved it to be true beyond all doubt?
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No.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

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