What Is a p-value?

Patricia B. Humphrey

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9639.2010.00446.x

What Is a p-value?

Patricia B. Humphrey

Mathematical Sciences

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Abstract

An in-class activity is described that can be used not only to motivate hypothesis testing, but also to understand and compute the p-value and power in a statistical test.

Original language	American English
Journal	Teaching Statistics
Volume	34
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9639.2010.00446.x
State	Published - Feb 1 2012

Disciplines

Education
Mathematics

Keywords

Hypothesis tests
Power
Simulation
Teaching

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