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    Apr 21, 2009, 04:47 AM
    Null Hypothesis
    When rejecting the null hypothesis at a p-value of .07, how would you explain the chance of rejecting a true null exists?
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    Apr 21, 2009, 08:36 AM

    I'm not very good at statistical tests, but isn't the p-value the probability? It looks like there's a 7% chance of rejecting a true null hypothesis, but I'm not sure so maybe someone else knows better than I.

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