dennis roberts wrote:
> on page 2 of 10 ... they list summary points and, the one i quoted before
> ... p values, or significance levels .. measure the strength of the
> evidence against the null ...
In a way, they do. Hwever, one has to be careful about specifying
the way it which they measure it. For example, all other things
being equal (sample size, in particular), the smaller the P value,
the more discordant the data are with the hypothesis under test. (I
don't doubt someone crafty will come up with a counter-example!), or
to put it another way: All other things being equal, a smaller P
value does not provide greater evidence in favor of the hypothesis
under test. (Again, I'm waiting for the crafty counter.)
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