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Anshul Joshi
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Anshul Joshi

Anshul Joshi is a data scientist with experience in recommendation systems, predictive modeling, neural networks, and high performance computing. His research interests encompass deep learning, artificial intelligence, and computational physics. Most of the time, he can be caught exploring GitHub or trying anything new he can get his hands on. You can also follow his personal blog.
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Understanding the significance of the P-value


The probability that a null-hypothesis will be rejected even if it is proven true is the p-value. When there is no difference between two measures, then the hypothesis is said to be a null-hypothesis.

For example, if there is a hypothesis that, in the game of football, every player who plays 90 minutes will also score a goal then the null hypothesis would be that there is no relation between the number of minutes played and the goals scored.

Another example would be a hypothesis that a person with blood group A will have higher blood pressure than the person with blood group B. In a null hypothesis, there will be no difference, that is, no relation between the blood type and the pressure.

The significance level is given by (α) and if the p-value is equal or less than it, then the null hypothesis is declared inconsistent or invalid. Such a hypothesis is rejected.

One-tailed and two-tailed test

The following diagram represents the two-tails being used...

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Anshul Joshi

Anshul Joshi is a data scientist with experience in recommendation systems, predictive modeling, neural networks, and high performance computing. His research interests encompass deep learning, artificial intelligence, and computational physics. Most of the time, he can be caught exploring GitHub or trying anything new he can get his hands on. You can also follow his personal blog.
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