When asked to explain the meaning of "the p-value was 0.03," a student says, "this means there is only probability 0.03 that the null hypothesis is true." is this an essentially correct explanation?

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Lorena Gilbert

7 December, 08:00

When asked to explain the meaning of "the p-value was 0.03," a student says, "this means there is only probability 0.03 that the null hypothesis is true." is this an essentially correct explanation?

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Avery Suarez · Answer 1

NO this is not a good explanation

p values do not measure the probability

p values gives us the likely of our data if we assumed that our null hypothesis is true. this therefore means that if our null hypothesis was true we would obtain a difference in 0.03 in the study carried out