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Abstract Details
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Activity Number:
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243
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Monday, August 1, 2011 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistical Education
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| Abstract - #301543 |
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Title:
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On Calculating P-Values for Discrete Distributions
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Author(s):
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Hui Xu*+
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Companies:
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St. Cloud State University
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Address:
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720 4th Ave S, ECC 250, St. Cloud, MN, 56301,
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Keywords:
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P-values ;
Binomial Distribution
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Abstract:
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It is necessary to calculate P-values in various situations in order to teach the well known controversy about P-values that they do not always provide objective evidence against null hypotheses. However, in introductory statistics courses, most of the P-values are computed based on normal, t and other continuous distributions or through software packages. In this talk, I will use some examples to illustrate the procedure of computing P-values in discrete distributions. Hopefully, this will give students a better understanding about P-values.
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