The collective function of the nonretinal parts of the eye is to keep a focused, clear image of the outside world anchored on the two retinas. Each eye is positioned in its socket by the six small extraocular muscles mentioned in Chapter 2.
What is a Hypothesis? A hypothesis is a tentative, testable answer to a scientific question. Once a scientist has a scientific question she is interested in, the scientist reads up to find out what is already known on the topic. Then she uses that information to form a tentative answer to her scientific question.
Null hypothesis. Definition. noun. (1) An assumption or proposition where an observed difference between two samples of a statistical population is purely accidental and not due to systematic causes. (2) The hypothesis to be investigated through statistical hypothesis testing so that when refuted indicates that the alternative hypothesis is true. Supplement. A null hypothesis is a hypothesis that is valid or presumed true until invalidated by a statistical test. Thus, one cannot say that a null hypothesis is ââacceptedââ rather a null hypothesis ââcannot be rejectedââ as it remains to be true based on the statistical evidence supporting it.