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De4rest
Mar 28, 2009, 01:03 PM
hi there,

I don't understand if we should reject Ho or accepet Ho if the p-value is exactly equal to the significance level (alpha). Let say if P-value = 0.04 and alpha (significance level) = 0.04 what can we conclude?? All I know if p-value is < 0.04 then we should reject Ho in favor of Ha. How about if it's equal??

Please help meeeee
thanks

galactus
Mar 28, 2009, 01:25 PM
If the p value is less than or equal to alpha, then you reject.

p\leq {\alpha}....\text{reject}

p>{\alpha}.....\text{do not reject}