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12.3 Hebrew Color Names: A Hypothesis and Its Statistical Testing

12.3.1 The Hypothesis and an Outline of the Analysis
To test the above proposition, applying appropriate statistical procedures with all

required scientific care, the following three stages are pursued.
Stage 1: Formulating the Hypotheses
We formulate two hypotheses that will be statistically tested.

Null Hypothesis: There is no relationship between the numerical value of a
Hebrew color name (CNV ) and the color’s wave frequency (WF ). The latter
is defined as the midvalue of the corresponding interval given in Table 12.1;

refer to Table 12.3.

Alternative Hypothesis: CNV and WF are linearly related.

Stage 2: Preparing the Samples
Since many of the biblical color names just given are open to different interpreta-
tions, we base our analysis only on color names of nondebatable clear meanings.
We call this set of observations the basic set. Consistent with this book’s title, only
names that appear in the Bible are considered for inclusion in the basic set.
An extended set is also constructed that is used for some other analyses, as will
be expounded shortly.

Stage 3: Analysis
Linear regression analysis is applied to the data, aiming to derive a model capable
of predicting a color’s spectral wave frequency (WF) from the numerical value
of its Hebrew name (CNV ). This statistical analysis comprises three separate
analyses.

Analysis I: Statistical Analysis Based on the Extended Set

Assuming that the outrageous alternative hypothesis is true, we calculate expected
CNVs for colors that are included in the analysis (the extended set) but not in the
basic set. These are colors that belong to the group of elementary colors , yet do

not have clear Hebrew names in the Bible. To obtain the expected CNV values for

these colors, linear interpolation or linear extrapolation are applied, as required
(these will be detailed later).