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Explaining p-value to a sophisticated layman [duplicate]
I think I understand the concept of p-value but unfortunately I still have to exert a lot of brain cycles to get my arms around it.
I would like to get an explanation of the p-value that is rigorous ...
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Interpretation of the p-value of the y-intercept coefficient in a linear regression [duplicate]
I am trying to interpret one of the p-values in a one variable linear regression. Some of the answers I've seen for similar questions were not worded as thoroughly as I would have liked. My ...
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White noise test interpretation [duplicate]
How to interpret white noise test from Stata?
Have a white noise means that a variable does not have autocorrelation.
Can I say here that all of my variables has a white noise (does not have ...
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what does it mean for a variable to be statistically significant? [duplicate]
what does it mean for a variable to be statistically significant??
Could anyone give a complete answer to this question?
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What does the p value mean for Cox hazard ratio? [duplicate]
I am puzzled about the interpretation of P value in the Cox hazard ratio analysis. I read from literature that the P value is to "reject the null hypothesis that HR=1". However, in many cases, we have ...
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Why is smaller the p-value, larger is the significance? [duplicate]
I am trying to understand the concept of p-value.
Wikipedia mentions:
The p-value is defined as the probability, under the assumption of hypothesis $H$, of obtaining a result equal to or more ...
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Is there an accepted definition for "P for trend" or "P-trend" [duplicate]
So is "P for trend" the same in principle as a common-or-garden P-value, but in a specific application i.e. odds ratios?
And can P-value, P for trend, and P-trend be regarded as interchangeable ...
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How to read the alternative Hypothesis [duplicate]
I have created a T test in R and got the below output.
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What does "more extreme" mean when talking about p-values? [duplicate]
As far as I understand it, the p-value is the probability of obtaining the observed data or more "extreme" values under the null hypotesis, concluding that if this probability is small enough the null ...
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Breusch-Pagan Test using R [duplicate]
I'm currently working on the Breusch-Pagan Test using RStudio through the command ncvTest. I've used the dataset pipeline.txt in ...
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Intuitive explanation of why p is not the probability of the null hypothesis [duplicate]
I've got to teach a basic course on the $\chi^2$ test soon, and I will of course insist on the fact that $p$ is not the probability of the null hypothesis to be true, and that the result of the test ...
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Reset test in r [duplicate]
I have two questions about this test in R:
How do you read the result of p-value? I assume that the bigger it is the more successful it is. When I do a multiple dummy variable regression, I get a p-...
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T test and P value [duplicate]
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What is the meaning of p values and t values in statistical tests?
I currently start epidemiology class, I am very confuse of p value and t test, what do they mean? how to use ...
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How to read R program P-Value for Logistic Regression [duplicate]
I'm not used to that kind of p-value form as I don't know how to interpret it...
It's usually shown a p-value with stars (significant codes) on its sides
Can anyone help? How to read if the variable ...
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P-Value Clarification [duplicate]
I'm new to P-Values and Hypothesis testing and I noticed that p-values are explained differently everywhere I go. In my lecture notes it has a method for hypothesis testing and the last part says that ...
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