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Hypothesis, Null and Alternative, & P-values

Q1: What is a p-value in testing hypothesis?

Q2: How does this p-value help us to decide to/not to reject a Null hypothesis? What might happen if we do not use this p-value in particular, when we are rejecting a Null hypothesis?

Q3: What are the limits of these p-values to decide if we have made a right decision on rejecting a false Null hypothesis?

Q4: how do you find this p-value from the tables?

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Hypothesis, Null and Alternative, & P-values

Q1: What is a p-value in testing hypothesis?

Q2: How does this p-value help us to decide to/not to reject a Null hypothesis? What might happen if we do not use this p-value in particular, when we are rejecting a Null hypothesis?

Q3: What are the limits of these p-values to decide if we have made a right decision on rejecting a false Null hypothesis?

Q4: how do you find this p-value from the tables?

(1) p- value in hypothesis testing is the probability that a true null hypothesis is rejected by the hypothesis test. To illustrate, consider the hypothesis:
Ho: The ...

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