Alternative hypothesis

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The hypothesis that the researcher is testing in the study. In scientific methodology, we start with the assumption that it is not true until proved otherwise, by rejecting the null hypothesis.

The hypothesis, to be adopted if the null hypothesis proves implausible, in which exposure is associated with disease.

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