A fellow student tells you the P-value is the probability that the null hypothesis is true, so when the P-value is small, you reject the null hypothesis. Explain why the student is not correct. What would you tell the student about the P-value to help them out? What exactly is the relationship between the P-value and the hypotheses?

A fellow student tells you the P-value is the probability that the null hypothesis is true, so when the P-value is small, you reject the null hypothesis. Explain why the student is not correct. What would you tell the student about the P-value to help them out? What exactly is the relationship between the P-value and the hypotheses?

Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012

1st Edition

ISBN:9780547587776

Author:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Publisher:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 15CR

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