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What is the p value of a test statistic of 1.369?

The answer depends on what the test statistic is: a t-statistic, z-score, chi square of something else.


How do you perform a Statistical Hypothesis Testing?

To start with you select your hypothesis and its opposite: the null and alternative hypotheses. You select a confidence level (alpha %), which is the probability that your testing procedure rejects the null hypothesis when, if fact, it is true.Next you select a test statistic and calculate its probability distribution under the two hypotheses. You then find the possible values of the test statistic which, if the null hypothesis were true, would only occur alpha % of the times. This is called the critical region.Carry out the trial and collect data. Calculate the value of the test statistic. If it lies in the critical region then you reject the null hypothesis and go with the alternative hypothesis. If the test statistic does not lie in the critical region then you have no evidence to reject the null hypothesis.


Is p value a descriptive statistic?

No, it is not. A descriptive statistic is a measure such as mean, standard deviation etc., computed from a set of observations. A p value is something that is obtained by computing a test statistic (using a formula which may involve mean, variance etc.,) and finding the probability of obtaining a value as great as or greater than the one actually obtained. In other words, a p value is a probability and must lie between 0 and 1 whereas a descriptive statistic is not a probability. It is just a number used to describe a specific characteristic of a set of sata.


What is F Statistic?

The F statistic is statistic which may be used to test whether a regression accounts for a statistically significant proportion of the observed variation in the dependent variable.


How does a parameter and a statistic differ?

A parameter is a numerical measurement of a population; a statistic is a numerical measurement of a sample.