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. 2019 Jul;19(7):227-231.

doi: 10.1016/j.bjae.2019.03.006. Epub 2019 May 14.

Hypothesis tests

J Walker¹

Affiliations

PMID: 33456895
PMCID: PMC7807926
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjae.2019.03.006

Review

Hypothesis tests

J Walker. BJA Educ. 2019 Jul.

. 2019 Jul;19(7):227-231.

doi: 10.1016/j.bjae.2019.03.006. Epub 2019 May 14.

Author

J Walker¹

Affiliation

¹ Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Bangor, UK.

PMID: 33456895
PMCID: PMC7807926
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjae.2019.03.006

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Figure 1
The p-values generated when 100,000 t-tests are used to compare two samples taken from defined populations. (a) The populations have a difference and the p-values are mostly significant. (b) The samples were taken from the same population (i.e. the null hypothesis is true) and the p-values are distributed uniformly.

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