According to the so-called null hypothesis test, such a decision is warranted if the data actually obtained are included in a particular region within sample space, whose total probability does not exceed some specified limit, standardly set at 5%. Now consider what is achieved by the statistical test just outlined. We started with a hypothesis on the actual tea tasting abilities of the lady, namely, that she did not have any. On the assumption of this hypothesis, the sample data we obtained turned out to be surprising or, more precisely, highly improbable. We therefore decided that the hypothesis that the lady has no tea tasting abilities whatsoever can be rejected. The sample points us to a negative but general conclusion about what the lady can, or cannot, do.