Weakness of the test

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By performing a hypothesis test on a sample from a normal population, you find that the hypothesis $\mu = 20$ cannot be rejected at $10\%$ risk. A colleague obtains the same conclusion by testing $\mu= 22$.

I think this is the weakness of the test: several hypotheses may not be rejected. Am I wrong?

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Verifying a null hypothesis without expliciting an alternative does not make sense.

Then, to compare your test with your friend's one you can calculate the two $p_{value}$'s.

A test is measured by its $p_{value}$.

If the alternative is a simple hypothesis too, you can also calculate the power of both tests to compare them