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Give An Example Of P-value? |
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Answer» Suppose that the experimental results show the coin turning up heads 14 times out of 20 TOTAL flips
The CALCULATED p-value EXCEEDS 0.05, so the observation is consistent with the null hypothesis - that the observed result of 14 heads out of 20 flips can be ascribed to chance ALONE - as it falls within the range of what would happen 95% of the time were this in fact the case. In our example, we fail to reject the null hypothesis at the 5% level. Although the coin did not fall evenly, the deviation from expected outcome is small enough to be reported as being "not statistically SIGNIFICANT at the 5% level". Suppose that the experimental results show the coin turning up heads 14 times out of 20 total flips The calculated p-value exceeds 0.05, so the observation is consistent with the null hypothesis - that the observed result of 14 heads out of 20 flips can be ascribed to chance alone - as it falls within the range of what would happen 95% of the time were this in fact the case. In our example, we fail to reject the null hypothesis at the 5% level. Although the coin did not fall evenly, the deviation from expected outcome is small enough to be reported as being "not statistically significant at the 5% level". |
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