Learn.
The p test is used for hypothesis testing to determine whether the the difference between the observed and alternative hypothesis is statistically significant.
We can use a one sided or two side p-value
Essentially we would use a two tail if our alternate hypothesis if our alternative hypothesis is that there is a difference. This means we are looking at the area in the tails as seen on the left. For our restaurant example seen in our t-test, our alternative hypothesis was it would not take 25 minutes hence we would use the two tail.
However, if our alternative hypothesis is that the time for a meal to come would take more then 25 minutes we would use the one sided t test as seen on the right. However, this runs the risk of missing it if the meal takes less then 25 minutes to come.
We should set a significance level to know what size our p-value needs to be in order for our results to have statistical significance. It is convention to use 0.05 as your significance level.
- So reject H0 if our p value is less then the significance level
- Fail to reject H0 if our p value is greater then the significance level
Memorize.
When p is low, the null must go
