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Sig. (p value)

Anthony James
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Dear all,
In the old days for testing whether the difference between two means is significant we used to consult the t table to check if our t exceeds the critical values in the table.
But now, there is a Sig. in the output and if it’s smaller than our significance level we reject the null hypothesis.
Can somebody explain how the Sig (or p)in SPSS is computed?
Cheers
Anthony
 
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Art Kendall
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Click <help> <algorithms> scroll down to and click <significance of a t statistic>


Art Kendall
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On 11/27/2011 3:13 AM, Anthony James wrote:
Dear all,
In the old days for testing whether the difference between two means is significant we used to consult the t table to check if our t exceeds the critical values in the table.
But now, there is a Sig. in the output and if it’s smaller than our significance level we reject the null hypothesis.
Can somebody explain how the Sig (or p)in SPSS is computed?
Cheers
Anthony
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Art Kendall
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