The following sections describe the methodology followed
for the evaluation of the simulations and the accompanying
tutorial exercises. The main tenet of this exercise is the
following null hypothesis: "The use of the integrated
simulators is not particularly helpful in consolidating the theory
covered during the lectures on computer systems architecture".
The alternative hypothesis is just the opposite of this. For the
simulations to be deemed to be educationally valuable the
evaluation results will need to disprove the null hypothesis and
prove the alternative hypothesis.