Answer to Question #172859 in Biochemistry for johanna gideon

Question

what is a null and alternative hypothesis of how effective are engineering bacteriophages in treating bacteria

Answer 1

The null hypothesis states that a population parameter such as the mean, the standard deviation, and so on is equal to a hypothesized value. The alternative hypothesis states that a population parameter is smaller, greater, or different than the hypothesized value in the null hypothesis.

Statistics have shown that null hypothesis of effectiveness of engineering bacteriophages in treating bacteria is more reliable than alternative hypothesis.