Bob Wheeler wrote...
> It appears to be a coinage by Andrews, meaning the
> total hypotheses space.
No, not Andrews. I've met it elsewhere.
> I checked some of the
> statistical references and did not find it used.
> It also does not appear in the Combined Index to
> Statistics.
Thank you. This gives some indication.
> It would be worthwhile to examine some
> of the Econometrica references -- I suspect that
> he defines it in one of his earlier papers. Better
> yet, send him an e-mail.
>
> Alexander Tsyplakov wrote:
> >
> > I think you are right that this is not generally recognized term
like
> > null or alternative. But it is sometimes used. Just put
"maintained
> > hypothesis" into Google search engine.
> >
> > "Null hypothesis" is only one possible interpretation of
"maintained
> > hypothesis". There is at least one other interpretation that
> > "maintained hypothesis" = "null hypothesis" + "alternative
> > hypothesis". Of course, strictly speaking "null hypothesis" +
> > "alternative hypothesis" is almost always true by assumption. But
it
> > could be false if the model itself is false. We just always assume
> > (maintain) that the model is true. So this could be called (and
> > sometimes is called) "maintained hypothesis".
> >
> > Good example is a paper by Donald Andrews
> > http://cowles.econ.yale.edu/P/cd/d12a/d1229.pdf
> >
> > But Andrews is an econometrician. May be for statisticians this
> > meaning is not familiar.
> >
> > -----------------------------
> > Alexander Tsyplakov
> > Novosibirsk State University
> > http://matrixer.narod.ru/
> >
> > Bob Wheeler wrote...
> > > I don't believe that this is a generally
> > > recognized technical term. I suppose that its use
> > > is an attempt to avoid the word "null" in "null
> > > hypothesis," which is what the writers mean. The
> > > adjective "maintained" in this context corresponds
> > > to the Russian "itberzhdati." (not sure of the
> > > approved transliteration)
> > >
> > > Alexander Tsyplakov wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The meaning of the term "maintained hypothesis" differs in the
> > > > literature. I'm not sure which meaning is correct (or more
widely
> > > > used). Can anybody help? I need this for English-Russian
> > dictionary.
>
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