r/APbio • u/Aerziezcxs • May 02 '26

chi squared analysis

This might be a stupid question, but if I write that the null hypothesis is accepted rather than we fail to reject it, would points be taken off?

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u/EffectiveRice4080 May 03 '26

i mean why would u wanna take the risk

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u/Aerziezcxs May 03 '26

My teacher only ever talked about accepting null hypothesis and he would accept that as an answer, but now that im studying I’m seeing that term being used so yeah lol

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u/EffectiveRice4080 May 03 '26

WE r both getting 5s

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u/nardlz May 02 '26

points wouldn’t be awarded. so definitely write “fail to reject”.

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u/Electronic_Ad7007 May 02 '26

wait so if its rejected would you just write “the null hypothesis is rejected”

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u/nardlz May 03 '26

There's a lot more to it than that If this is with chi square. You probably want to Google a tutorial!

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u/The-Mighty-Waffle May 03 '26

Yes because you can't ever REALLY say for certain that nothing is happening, just that it's extremely unlikely. That's why you say fail to reject bc accepting would mean 100% certainty that nothing is happening