Question 64412: If in an hypothesis test the null hypothesis is rejected, then do I reject the alternative or motivated hypothesis as well?
Answer by funmath(2933)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If in an hypothesis test the null hypothesis is rejected, then do I reject the alternative or motivated hypothesis as well?
Your null hypothesis always contains an =, your alternative never contains an =. They are opposites. If you reject the null, you are not finding evidence that rejects the alternative.
In our book, we don't use the term, "motivated hypothesis." If that means the same thing as our "claim" does then, sometimes your claim is your null and sometimes its the alternative. If your claim is this=that, then your null is your claim and when you reject your null, you reject your claim. If your claim is this
Different teachers and books are real specific about the way you need to word your conclusions. The book used at our college has a flow chart that tells you what to conclude based on your claim and rejection or failure to reject your null. If yours doesn't and this hasn't cleared things up for you, let me know and I will type a chart based on our flow chart.
Happy Calculating!!!
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