In a criminal jury trial, one option is to declare the defendant "not guilty". In a hypothesis test this is equivalent to which conclusion? Choose the correct answer below. A. Reject the null hypothesis. B. Accept the null hypothesis as true. C. Fail to reject the null hypothesis.

The correct answer is C. In a hyphotesis test this is equivalent to fail to reject the null hyphotesis.

Step-by-step explanation:

A null hypothesis is a statement on the probability distribution of one or more random variables. By null hypothesis is meant the statement that there is no difference or there is no relationship between two measured phenomena, or association between two groups. It is usually assumed true until evidence is found that refutes it.  

If you reject a null hypothesis which in reality is true then you say that you made a mistake of the first kind (or false positive). By accepting instead a false null hypothesis, you make a second type error (or false negative).