At times we wish to examine statistical evidence, and determine whether it supports or contradicts a claim that has been made (or that we might wish to make) concerning the entire population. This is ...
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Central to the theme of hypothesis testing is the P-value, which is often misunderstood or misinterpreted. While it is often stated as the probability of the data having arisen by chance, the P-value ...