The use of statistics to determine the probability that a given hypothesis is true.
See also Bonferroni Correction, Estimate, Fisher Sign Test, Paired t-Test, Statistical Test, Type I Error, Type II Error, Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test
References
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Iyanaga, S. and Kawada, Y. (Eds.). ``Statistical Estimation and Statistical Hypothesis Testing.''
Appendix A, Table 23 in Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp. 1486-1489, 1980.
Shaffer, J. P. ``Multiple Hypothesis Testing.'' Ann. Rev. Psych. 46, 561-584, 1995.