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A probability provides a quantitative description of the likely occurrence of a particular event.

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How can the combined p-value be larger than one of the original two p-values?

import combine_pvalues p1 = 0.25 p2 = 0.04 statistic,p_val = combine_pvalues([p1,p2]) print(statistic) print(p_val) >>> 9.210340371976182 >>> 0.05605170185988095 From wikipedia: a p-value "is the probability … I probably am miss understanding something, but if the probability of obtaining the result of the second test is only 0.04, then I don't see how the probability of obtaining BOTH results can now be larger …
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