Re: p-value / type I error

Posted by Swank, Paul R on Apr 11, 2011; 5:27pm
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/p-value-type-I-error-tp4296382p4296455.html

P is the probability of committing a type 1 error, that is, the probability of getting a result this discrepant or more by chance alone (assuming the null hypothesis is true).

Dr. Paul R. Swank,
Professor and Director of Research
Children's Learning Institute
University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston


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Subject: p-value / type I error

Considering the concepts of Fisher and Neyman Pearson:

What is the difference of the p-value and the type I error ?

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