On March 14 2008 12:19 clazziquai wrote:
Hey, some few questions
1. Does a small p-value indicate a strong evidence against the null hypothesis?
2. What is the alternative hypothesis (Ha) stated in terms of?
I am also confused with Type I and Type II error =/
4. What does it mean for p-value to be significant
1. yes
2. what? it depends on the test you're using
3.
Type I: rejecting a true Ho
Type II: failing to reject a false Ho
example:
Ho: John is fat
Ha: John is not fat
Type I error: I say John isn't fat (but he actually is)
Type II error: I say John is fat (but he actually isn't)
or
Ho: The pokemon robbed the bank
Ha: The pokemon didn't rob the bank
Type I error: Judge rules that the pokemon isn't guilty (when he actually did rob the bank)
Type II error: Judge rules against the innocent pokemon
4. um i dont think p-values are "significant" but i think the answer to what you're trying to say is that the results are unlikely to have occurred by random chance
but i could be wrong... i'm bad at stats