AI engineering glossary · Statistics inference
What is alternative hypothesis?
Alternative hypothesis: The claim accepted in place of the null hypothesis when the data give strong evidence against it, typically that an effect or difference exists. It can be two-sided (any difference) or one-sided (a specific direction).
Alternative hypothesis: an example
The new page's conversion rate differs from the old page's rate.
Related terms
More Statistics inference terms
- ANOVA
- Average treatment effect
- Bayesian inference
- Benjamini-Hochberg procedure
- Bias of an estimator
- Bonferroni correction
- Bootstrap
- Causal graph
Where you learn it
Alternative hypothesis is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.