Question

In a certain study, the observed data were found to be statistically significant for α =0.05.
In this situation, which of the following is not a possible p-value?
a. 0.05
b. 0.005
c. 0.5
d. None of the above

Answer 1

solution:

if

= 0.05  

and P-value = 0.05

P-value =

we cannot decide whether Reject or not null hypothesis

thats why correct option a. 0.05

here example

if

P-value = 0.1

= 0.05  

P-value >

fail to Reject the null hypothesis .

and

P-value = 0.04

= 0.05  

P-value <

Reject the null hypothesis .