Saturday, November 14, 2009

P values

Hi TAs,

In our p note (* p < .05. ** p < .01. *** p < .001), if we underline the "less than" signs to indicate "equal to or less than" and then place asterisks accordingly in our Table, will we get points taken off? (I would have underlined here, but don't know how to underline on this blog) - Thanks!

1 comment:

KGL said...

YES! There is no such thing in regression to say p "less than or equal to" .05. If it is not LESS THAN .05 it is not significant. That is the cut off. It's arbitrary, but it's what it is.

If it is in a write up you can say p = .05 but in a table you would simply not asterisk it.