The consistent application by statisticians of Neyman and Pearson's convention of representing "the hypothesis to be tested" (or "the hypothesis to be nullified") with the expression H0 has led to circumstances where many understand the term "the null hypothesis" as meaning "the nil hypothesis" – a statement that the results in question have arisen through chance.
Důsledná aplikace Neymanovy a Pearsonovy konvence reprezentace "hypotézy k otestování" (nebo "hypotézy k anulování") s výrazem H0 statistiky vedla k okolnostem, kde mnozí rozumí pojmem "nulová hypotéza" pojem "nil hypotéza" – prohlášení, že pochybovaným výsledkům vzrostly šance.