Formulating Null and

Alternative Hypothesis
Franklin E. Benitez
 Is the performance in
Math of students in
ANWER ME STEM class better than
in the Arts and Design
class?
What is Hypothesis?
Hypothesis is an educational
claim, guess or conjecture
about a population based on a
characteristic of a sample
There are two types of Hypothesis:
Null Hypothesis and Alternative
Hypothesis
 a claim that denotes
Null
Hypothesis
absence of difference,
(𝑯𝟎 ): absence of relationship,
or equality to a certain
value. It usually comes
with " =, ≤, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ≥.”
 a claim that denotes
Alternative presence of difference,
Hypothesis presence of
(𝑯𝒂 ): relationship, or
inequality to a certain
value. It usually comes
with " ≠, < 𝒂𝒏𝒅 >.”
 The owner of a factory
State My H0 that sells a bottled fruit
and Ha in juice claims that the
words and average capacity of a
in symbol bottle of their product is
250 ml.
 The owner of a factory that sells a bottled
fruit juice claims that the average capacity
of a bottle of their product is 250 ml.
H0: The bottled fruit juice
contains 250 ml.
H0: The average capacity of
bottled fruit juice is 250 ml.
H 0 :  = 250
 The owner of a factory that sells a bottled
fruit juice claims that the average capacity
of a bottle of their product is 250 ml.
Ha: The bottled fruit juice does
not contain 250 ml.
Ha: The average capacity of bottled
fruit juice is not 250 ml.
H a :   250
State My H0 and Ha in words
and in symbol

A farmer believes that using

organic fertilizers on his plants
will yield greater income. His
average income from the past
was ₱200,000.00 per year.
A farmer believes that using organic
fertilizers on his plants will yield greater
income. His average income from the past
was ₱200,000.00 per year.
Ha: The farmers’ income is greater
than ₱200,000 when using
organic fertilizers.

Ha :   200, 000
A farmer believes that using organic
fertilizers on his plants will yield greater
income. His average income from the past
was ₱200,000.00 per year.
H0: The farmers’ income is at most
₱200,000 when using organic
fertilizers.

H 0 :   200, 000
GROUP 1

According to a telecommunications
company, the mean monthly cell
phone bill per person was ₱1 500 in
2016. A researcher suspects that the
mean monthly cell phone bill is
different today.
GROUP 2

In 2015, the average score of takers on

the Chemical Engineer Licensure Exam
was 83. An engineering professor
believes that due to changes in the
curriculum of some universities, the
average score has decreased.
GROUP 3

study claims that adults spend an

average of 8 hours on chores
during weekends. A researcher
wants to check if this claim is
true.
GROUP 4

The mean score of takers on the

Architecture Licensure Exam is
300. A review center claims that
the mean score of their
reviewees is higher than 300.