Having taken statistics in a PhD program, I know that you are correct. But if I had introduced the word hypothesis, I would have been obligated to spend a sentence or two explaining it to non-statisticians.
Didn't have any sentences to spare. So I wrote it as you see it.
John / Billybob
But if I had introduced the word hypothesis, I would have been obligated to spend a sentence or two explaining it to non-statisticians. I'm not a PhD, and I've never taken a course in statistics. High-school general science was where I first came across the concept. I am, however, of the old school.