August 2015
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A p-value is the probability of rejecting a null-hypothesis when the hypothesis is proven true. The null hypothesis is a statement that says that there is no difference between two measures. If the hypothesis is that people who clock in 4 hours of study everyday score more that 90 marks out of 100. The null hypothesis here would be that there is no relation between the number of hours clocked in and the marks scored.
If the p-value is equal to or less than the significance level (α), then the null hypothesis is inconsistent and it needs to be rejected.

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