A student performs a test of H 0 : = 12 versus H a :

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A student performs a test of H0: μ = 12 versus Ha: μ ≠ 12 at the α = 0.05 significance level and gets a P-value of 0.01. The student writes: “Because the P-value is small, we reject H0. The data prove that Ha is true.” Explain what is wrong with this conclusion.

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The Practice Of Statistics

ISBN: 9781319113339

6th Edition

Authors: Daren S. Starnes, Josh Tabor

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