What does p-value mean?

Q: What does p-value mean?

n. A p-value is a number that tells us how likely it is to see data like what we have, if there's actually no effect or difference (the null hypothesis is true).; The p-value helps us decide if our findings are important. A smaller p-value means there's less chance that the results happened by chance, and more reason to believe the null hypothesis is false.

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A p-value is a number that tells us how likely it is to see data like what we have, if there's actually no effect or difference (the null hypothesis is true).

The p-value from the experiment was 0.03, which means there's a strong chance the null hypothesis is not true.

The p-value helps us decide if our findings are important. A smaller p-value means there's less chance that the results happened by chance, and more reason to believe the null hypothesis is false.

Scientists often use a p-value of 0.05 as a cutoff to say the results are statistically significant, meaning they're probably not due to random chance.

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A p-value is a number that tells us how likely it is to see data like what we have, if there's actually no effect or difference (the null hypothesis is true).; The p-value helps us decide if our findings are important. A smaller p-value means there's less chance that the results happened by chance, and more reason to believe the null hypothesis is false.

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Plural p-values