Exercise · ZW-P-VALUE-009 · ★★★ Advanced
If \(H_0\) is true and the statistic is continuous, what is the probability that \(p\le0.05\)?
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- B. \(0.05\)
Explanation
Under \(H_0\) the p-value is uniform on \((0,1)\), so \(P(p\le0.05)=0.05\): exactly the Type I error rate.
Review the concept: p-value
The \(p\)-value is the probability \(P\), computed assuming the null hypothesis \(H_0\) is true, of obtaining a result at least as extreme as the one observed.
\[p=P\big(\text{result at least as extreme}\mid H_0\big)\]
More practice problems: p-value
- ZW-P-VALUE-001 Two-sided test with z=1.5. What is the p-value?
- ZW-P-VALUE-002 Right-tailed test with z=2.0. What is the p-value?
- ZW-P-VALUE-003 A p-value of 0.03 and α=0.05. What is decided?
- ZW-P-VALUE-004 A p-value of 0.03 and α=0.01. What is decided?
- ZW-P-VALUE-005 Two-sided test with z=-2.4. What is the p-value?
- ZW-P-VALUE-006 We test H_0:μ=50 against H_1:μ>50 with n=36, bar x=53 and σ=12. What is the p-value?
- ZW-P-VALUE-007 We get p=0.04. Which interpretation is correct?
- ZW-P-VALUE-008 Two-sided test with z=1.96. What is the approximate p-value?