Hypothesis testing allows for testing an idea regarding a parameter of interest in a particular population set, using information that has been measured in a sample set.

Example of Hypothesis Testing If a researcher wants to test if a penny is fair, the null hypothesis would state that the probability of landing on heads is exactly 50%.

Good research starts with a good hypothesis, which is simply a statement making a prediction based on a set of observations. For example, ...

During his Ph.D. research, mathematician Tyron Lardy worked on a new approach to hypothesis testing. Instead of the traditional p-value, he uses so-called e-values. These turn out to be more ...

New analysis of moon samples brought to Earth by Apollo astronauts reveal the moon is 4.46 billion years old, rather than 4.52 billion years old.

Florida State University Panama City will hold its fifth annual Student Research Symposium on Thursday, April 17, from 9 a.m. until 12 noon.

Science is a systematic and logical approach to discovering how things in the universe work. Scientists use the scientific method to make observations, form hypotheses and gather evidence in an ...

A new study of the lunar samples collected by China's Chang'e-6 mission has verified the hypothesis that the moon was entirely covered by a molten "magma ocean" in the early stages after its birth ...