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The test statistics can be t-statistic, z-statistic, chi-
square statistic etc. We have discussed parametric and
non-parametric tests also.
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Now is the time to compare the test statistic calculated in
step 4 to the critical values from a statistical table.
We may calculate p-value. Let us recall that the signifi-
cance of the p-value that measures the strength of evi-
dence (observed data or sample data) against the null
hypothesis. This determines the statistical significance of
your results.
A very low value, that is less than or equal to 5% (or .005

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