Talk:Alternative hypothesis

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This article needs to be renamed to "Alternative hypothesis", as "alternate" is the wrong word. Melcombe (talk) 16:55, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

• Support as common usage. I do not believe this is an Anglo-American problem. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 17:52, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
• In my experience alternative is more common, probably in part due to lowers ambiguity outside America. Knepflerle (talk) 12:57, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
• "Alternative" is about 9 times more common:
  • 369 articles with "alternative hypothesis"
  • 40 articles with "alternate hypothesis"
• It is also more correct. Thunderbird2 (talk) 18:27, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Y Done Parsecboy (talk) 20:47, 31 March 2008 (UTC)