Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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Chapter 10 - Section 10.1 - Assess Your Understanding - Applying the Concepts - Page 484: 45

Answer

Beyond all reasonable doubt means that the probability of error has been reduced as small as possible and that the hypothesis has been accepted. Beyond all doubt means that the statement can never be false no matter what. We can never "accept" a statement in the null hypothesis, because there is always a probability, however small it may be, that the statement is false.

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Beyond all reasonable doubt means that the probability of error has been reduced as small as possible and that the hypothesis has been accepted. Beyond all doubt means that the statement can never be false no matter what. We can never "accept" a statement in the null hypothesis, because there is always a probability, however small it may be, that the statement is false.
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