<p>The current tag except (and description) of <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/hypothesis-testing" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;hypothesis-testing&#39;" rel="tag">hypothesis-testing</a> reads</p>
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<p>Hypothesis testing assesses whether data are inconsistent with a given hypothesis rather than being an effect of random fluctuations.</p>
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<p>It seems to me this is a false dichotomy, as data can often be considered outcomes of a random data generating process regardless of whether <span class="math-container">$H_0$</span> holds or not. I wonder if we could get a better excerpt (and description).</p>
<p>I do not feel competent enough to write a really good excerpt myself, but we do have highly competent users around; maybe they will find my concern valid and will chip in.</p>
