What is the null hypothesis?

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What is the null hypothesis?
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a)The hypothesis that any patterns in the observed data is due to chance alone and therefore significant.
b)The hypothesis that the observed data is invalid
c)The hypothesis that any patterns in the observed data is due to chance alone and therefore not significant.
 
A scientist usually accepts a p-value (or alpha level) of 0.05 as the threshold value to reject the null hypothesis.
Group of answer choices
a)True
b)False
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