Hypothesis Tests in Research Articles In general, hypothesis testing is reported in research articles using one of the specific methods of hypothesis testing you learn in later chapters. For each re-sult of interest, the researcher usually first indicates whether the result was statistically significant. Next, the researcher usually gives the symbol associated with the specific method used in figuring the probability that the result would have occurred if the null hypothesis was true, such as t, F. Finally, there will be an indication of the significance level, such as p