Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

p-value

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.84 in modern English

Syllables: p--val-ue
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In statistical significance testing, the probability of obtaining a test statistic at least as extreme as the one that was actually observed, assuming that the null hypothesis is true.

Example Sentences

"The larger the p-value the smaller the chance of a difference. A p-value of 1.00 means 0 % chance of a difference, while a p-value of 0.95 means a chance of difference close to 0. A p-value of > 0.95 literally means that we have > 95 per cent chance of finding a result less close to expectation, which means a chance of < (1-0.95) , i.e., < 0.05 of finding a result this close or closer. Using the traditional 5 per cent decision level, this would mean, that we have a strong argument that such […]"

Etymology

Short for probability value.

Inflected Forms

p-values (plural)

Phrases

p-hacking

Synonyms

asymptotic significance probability value

Questions

What does p-value mean?: In statistical significance testing, the probability of obtaining a test statistic at least as extreme as the one that was actually observed, assuming that the null hypothesis is true.
Where does p-value come from?: Short for probability value.

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