1. Define the Null Hypothesis and give an example 2. Define the Alternative Hypothesis and give an example. 3. Explain what the following question means: "Does the evidence that we collected make our null hypothesis look ridiculous?" 4. Explain what the following statement means: "Statistics is the science of changing your mind under uncertainty." Also, can statistics ever remove uncertainty?

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1. Define the Null Hypothesis and give an example
2. Define the Alternative Hypothesis and give an example.
3. Explain what the following question means: "Does the evidence that we collected make our null hypothesis look ridiculous?"
4. Explain what the following statement means: "Statistics is the science of changing your mind under uncertainty." Also, can statistics ever remove
uncertainty?
Transcribed Image Text:1. Define the Null Hypothesis and give an example 2. Define the Alternative Hypothesis and give an example. 3. Explain what the following question means: "Does the evidence that we collected make our null hypothesis look ridiculous?" 4. Explain what the following statement means: "Statistics is the science of changing your mind under uncertainty." Also, can statistics ever remove uncertainty?
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