Nicole, a botanist, conducted tests to determine the effectiveness of the new fe

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Nicole, a botanist, conducted tests to determine the effectiveness of the new fertilizer formulation she created. She hypothesized that the plants would grow two centimeters or more every week with the new fertilizer. Much to her surprise they did not, and in Nicole’s test, she had to accept the alternative hypothesis. What is the most accurate definition of the term “alternative hypothesis?” a. A function of the sampled observations that provides a basis for testing a statistical hypothesis b. The amount that one adds and subtracts to the point estimate to determine the endpoints of the confidence interval c. The statement about the population value that will be tested d. All of the population values that the null hypothesis does not cover

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Answer is A. In alternative hypothesis, the sample is influenced by a cause which is non random. Altebative hypothesis is something that she needs to disprove in the above case.

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