English Explanatory Dictionary

p-value

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In statistical significance testing, the probability of obtaining a test statistic at least as extreme as the one that was actually observed, assuming that the null hypothesis is true.

Word forms

p-value p-values

Etymology

Short for probability value.

Synonyms

asymptotic significance probability value

Derived words

p-hacking
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