In hypothesis testing, the tentative assumption about the population parameter is
A) the alternative hypothesis.
B) the null hypothesis.
C) either the null or the alternative.
D) neither the null nor the alternative.

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The tentative assumption about the population parameter is represented by the null hypothesis in hypothesis testing. The alternative hypothesis is the opposite of the null hypothesis, and is used to test whether there is evidence to reject the null hypothesis. The other choices are not correct, as the tentative assumption must be one or the other (null or alternative).

In Hypothesis Testing, the Tentative Assumption About the Population Parameter