P значение это вероятность ошибки при отклонении

Маркетинг – та сфера, где больше всего любят работать с большими данными (англ. big data), однако излюбленный инструмент маркетологов – A/B-тестирование – предполагает использование малых данных (англ. small data). При этом какие бы цифры ни были получены по итогам теста, все сводится к анализу статистической выборки и определению статистической значимости результатов эксперимента. Неотъемлемой частью данного исследования является P-значение, о котором мы хотим рассказать в этой статье.

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Not to be confused with the P-factor.

In null-hypothesis significance testing, the p-value^{[note 1]} is the probability of obtaining test results at least as extreme as the result actually observed, under the assumption that the null hypothesis is correct.^[2][3] A very small p-value means that such an extreme observed outcome would be very unlikely under the null hypothesis. Even though reporting p-values of statistical tests is common practice in academic publications of many quantitative fields, misinterpretation and misuse of p-values is widespread and has been a major topic in mathematics and metascience.^[4][5] In 2016, the American Statistician Association (ASA) made a formal statement that «p-values do not measure the probability that the studied hypothesis is true, or the probability that the data were produced by random chance alone» and that «a p-value, or statistical significance, does not measure the size of an effect or the importance of a result» or «evidence regarding a model or hypothesis.»^[6] That said, a 2019 task force by ASA has issued a statement on statistical significance and replicability, concluding with: «p-values and significance tests, when properly applied and interpreted, increase the rigor of the conclusions drawn from data.»^[7]

Basic concepts[edit]

In statistics, every conjecture concerning the unknown probability distribution of a collection of random variables representing the observed data in some study is called a statistical hypothesis. If we state one hypothesis only and the aim of the statistical test is to see whether this hypothesis is tenable, but not to investigate other specific hypotheses, then such a test is called a null hypothesis test.

As our statistical hypothesis will, by definition, state some property of the distribution, the null hypothesis is the default hypothesis under which that property does not exist. The null hypothesis is typically that some parameter (such as a correlation or a difference between means) in the populations of interest is zero. Our hypothesis might specify the probability distribution of precisely, or it might only specify that it belongs to some class of distributions. Often, we reduce the data to a single numerical statistic, e.g., , whose marginal probability distribution is closely connected to a main question of interest in the study.

The p-value is used in the context of null hypothesis testing in order to quantify the statistical significance of a result, the result being the observed value of the chosen statistic .^{[note 2]} The lower the p-value is, the lower the probability of getting that result if the null hypothesis were true. A result is said to be statistically significant if it allows us to reject the null hypothesis. All other things being equal, smaller p-values are taken as stronger evidence against the null hypothesis.

Loosely speaking, rejection of the null hypothesis implies that there is sufficient evidence against it.

As a particular example, if a null hypothesis states that a certain summary statistic follows the standard normal distribution N(0,1), then the rejection of this null hypothesis could mean that (i) the mean of is not 0, or (ii) the variance of is not 1, or (iii) is not normally distributed. Different tests of the same null hypothesis would be more or less sensitive to different alternatives. However, even if we do manage to reject the null hypothesis for all 3 alternatives, and even if we know the distribution is normal and variance is 1, the null hypothesis test does not tell us which non-zero values of the mean are now most plausible. The more independent observations from the same probability distribution one has, the more accurate the test will be, and the higher the precision with which one will be able to determine the mean value and show that it is not equal to zero; but this will also increase the importance of evaluating the real-world or scientific relevance of this deviation.

Definition and interpretation[edit]

Definition[edit]

Probability under the null hypothesis of obtaining a real-valued test statistic at least as extreme as the one obtained[edit]

Consider an observed test-statistic from unknown distribution . Then the p-value is what the prior probability would be of observing a test-statistic value at least as «extreme» as if null hypothesis were true. That is:

Interpretations[edit]

p-value as the statistic for performing significance tests[edit]

In a significance test, the null hypothesis is rejected if the p-value is less than or equal to a predefined threshold value , which is referred to as the alpha level or significance level. is not derived from the data, but rather is set by the researcher before examining the data. is commonly set to 0.05, though lower alpha levels are sometimes used.
In 2018, a group of statisticians led by Daniel Benjamin proposed the adoption of the 0.005 value as standard value for statistical significance worldwide.^[8]

The p-value is a function of the chosen test statistic and is therefore a random variable. If the null hypothesis fixes the probability distribution of precisely, and if that distribution is continuous, then when the null-hypothesis is true, the p-value is uniformly distributed between 0 and 1. Thus, the p-value is not fixed. If the same test is repeated independently with fresh data, one will typically obtain a different p-value in each iteration. If the null-hypothesis is composite, or the distribution of the statistic is discrete, the probability of obtaining a p-value less than or equal to any number between 0 and 1 is less than or equal to that number, if the null-hypothesis is true. It remains the case that very small values are relatively unlikely if the null-hypothesis is true, and that a significance test at level is obtained by rejecting the null-hypothesis if the significance level is less than or equal to .

Different p-values based on independent sets of data can be combined, for instance using Fisher’s combined probability test.

Distribution[edit]

When the null hypothesis is true, if it takes the form , and the underlying random variable is continuous, then the probability distribution of the p-value is uniform on the interval [0,1]. By contrast, if the alternative hypothesis is true, the distribution is dependent on sample size and the true value of the parameter being studied.^[9][10]

The distribution of p-values for a group of studies is sometimes called a p-curve.^[11] A p-curve can be used to assess the reliability of scientific literature, such as by detecting publication bias or p-hacking.^[11][12]

For composite hypothesis[edit]

In parametric hypothesis testing problems, a simple or point hypothesis refers to a hypothesis where the parameter’s value is assumed to be a single number. In contrast, in a composite hypothesis the parameter’s value is given by a set of numbers. For example, when testing the null hypothesis that a distribution is normal with a mean less than or equal to zero against the alternative that the mean is greater than zero (variance known), the null hypothesis does not specify the probability distribution of the appropriate test statistic. In the just mentioned example that would be the Z-statistic belonging to the one-sided one-sample Z-test. For each possible value of the theoretical mean, the Z-test statistic has a different probability distribution. In these circumstances (the case of a so-called composite null hypothesis) the p-value is defined by taking the least favourable null-hypothesis case, which is typically on the border between null and alternative.

This definition ensures the complementarity of p-values and alpha-levels. If we set the significance level alpha to 0.05, and only reject the null hypothesis if the p-value is less than or equal to 0.05, then our hypothesis test will indeed have significance level (maximal type 1 error rate) 0.05. As Neyman wrote: “The error that a practising statistician would consider the more important to avoid (which is a subjective judgment) is called the error of the first kind. The first demand of the mathematical theory is to deduce such test criteria as would ensure that the probability of committing an error of the first kind would equal (or approximately equal, or not exceed) a preassigned number α, such as α = 0.05 or 0.01, etc. This number is called the level of significance”; Neyman 1976, p. 161 in «The Emergence of Mathematical Statistics: A Historical Sketch with Particular Reference to the United States»,»On the History of Statistics and Probability», ed. D.B. Owen, New York: Marcel Dekker, pp. 149-193. See also «Confusion Over Measures of Evidence (p’s) Versus Errors (a’s) in Classical Statistical Testing», Raymond Hubbard and M. J. Bayarri, The American Statistician, August 2003, Vol. 57, No 3, 171—182 (with discussion). For a concise modern statement see Chapter 10 of «All of Statistics: A Concise Course in Statistical Inference», Springer; 1st Corrected ed. 20 edition (September 17, 2004). Larry Wasserman.

Usage[edit]

The p-value is widely used in statistical hypothesis testing, specifically in null hypothesis significance testing. In this method, before conducting the study, one first chooses a model (the null hypothesis) and the alpha level α (most commonly .05). After analyzing the data, if the p-value is less than α, that is taken to mean that the observed data is sufficiently inconsistent with the null hypothesis for the null hypothesis to be rejected. However, that does not prove that the null hypothesis is false. The p-value does not, in itself, establish probabilities of hypotheses. Rather, it is a tool for deciding whether to reject the null hypothesis.^[13]

Misuse[edit]

According to the ASA, there is widespread agreement that p-values are often misused and misinterpreted.^[3] One practice that has been particularly criticized is accepting the alternative hypothesis for any p-value nominally less than .05 without other supporting evidence. Although p-values are helpful in assessing how incompatible the data are with a specified statistical model, contextual factors must also be considered, such as «the design of a study, the quality of the measurements, the external evidence for the phenomenon under study, and the validity of assumptions that underlie the data analysis».^[3] Another concern is that the p-value is often misunderstood as being the probability that the null hypothesis is true.^[3][14]

Some statisticians have proposed abandoning p-values and focusing more on other inferential statistics,^[3] such as confidence intervals,^[15][16] likelihood ratios,^[17][18] or Bayes factors,^[19][20][21] but there is heated debate on the feasibility of these alternatives.^[22][23] Others have suggested to remove fixed significance thresholds and to interpret p-values as continuous indices of the strength of evidence against the null hypothesis.^[24][25] Yet others suggested to report alongside p-values the prior probability of a real effect that would be required to obtain a false positive risk (i.e. the probability that there is no real effect) below a pre-specified threshold (e.g. 5%).^[26]

That said, in 2019 a task force by ASA had convened to consider the use of statistical methods in scientific studies, specifically hypothesis tests and p-values, and their connection to replicability.^[7] It states that «Different measures of uncertainty can complement one another; no single measure serves all purposes.», citing p-value as one of these measures. They also stress that p-values can provide valuable information when considering the specific value as well as when compared to some threshold. In general, it stresses that «p-values and significance tests, when properly applied and interpreted, increase the rigor of the conclusions drawn from data.»

Calculation[edit]

Usually, is a test statistic. A test statistic is the output of a scalar function of all the observations. This statistic provides a single number, such as a t-statistic or an F-statistic. As such, the test statistic follows a distribution determined by the function used to define that test statistic and the distribution of the input observational data.

For the important case in which the data are hypothesized to be a random sample from a normal distribution, depending on the nature of the test statistic and the hypotheses of interest about its distribution, different null hypothesis tests have been developed. Some such tests are the z-test for hypotheses concerning the mean of a normal distribution with known variance, the t-test based on Student’s t-distribution of a suitable statistic for hypotheses concerning the mean of a normal distribution when the variance is unknown, the F-test based on the F-distribution of yet another statistic for hypotheses concerning the variance. For data of other nature, for instance categorical (discrete) data, test statistics might be constructed whose null hypothesis distribution is based on normal approximations to appropriate statistics obtained by invoking the central limit theorem for large samples, as in the case of Pearson’s chi-squared test.

Thus computing a p-value requires a null hypothesis, a test statistic (together with deciding whether the researcher is performing a one-tailed test or a two-tailed test), and data. Even though computing the test statistic on given data may be easy, computing the sampling distribution under the null hypothesis, and then computing its cumulative distribution function (CDF) is often a difficult problem. Today, this computation is done using statistical software, often via numeric methods (rather than exact formulae), but, in the early and mid 20th century, this was instead done via tables of values, and one interpolated or extrapolated p-values from these discrete values^{[citation needed]}. Rather than using a table of p-values, Fisher instead inverted the CDF, publishing a list of values of the test statistic for given fixed p-values; this corresponds to computing the Quantile function (inverse CDF).

Example[edit]

Testing the fairness of a coin[edit]

As an example of a statistical test, an experiment is performed to determine whether a coin flip is fair (equal chance of landing heads or tails) or unfairly biased (one outcome being more likely than the other).

Suppose that the experimental results show the coin turning up heads 14 times out of 20 total flips. The full data would be a sequence of twenty times the symbol «H» or «T». The statistic on which one might focus could be the total number of heads. The null hypothesis is that the coin is fair, and coin tosses are independent of one another. If a right-tailed test is considered, which would be the case if one is actually interested in the possibility that the coin is biased towards falling heads, then the p-value of this result is the chance of a fair coin landing on heads at least 14 times out of 20 flips. That probability can be computed from binomial coefficients as

This probability is the p-value, considering only extreme results that favor heads. This is called a one-tailed test. However, one might be interested in deviations in either direction, favoring either heads or tails. The two-tailed p-value, which considers deviations favoring either heads or tails, may instead be calculated. As the binomial distribution is symmetrical for a fair coin, the two-sided p-value is simply twice the above calculated single-sided p-value: the two-sided p-value is 0.115.

In the above example:

• Null hypothesis (H₀): The coin is fair, with Pr(heads) = 0.5
• Test statistic: Number of heads
• Alpha level (designated threshold of significance): 0.05
• Observation O: 14 heads out of 20 flips; and
• Two-tailed p-value of observation O given H₀ = 2 × min(Pr(no. of heads ≥ 14 heads), Pr(no. of heads ≤ 14 heads)) = 2 × min(0.058, 0.978) = 2*0.058 = 0.115.

The Pr (no. of heads ≤ 14 heads) = 1 — Pr(no. of heads ≥ 14 heads) + Pr (no. of head = 14) = 1 — 0.058 + 0.036 = 0.978; however, the symmetry of this binomial distribution makes it an unnecessary computation to find the smaller of the two probabilities. Here, the calculated p-value exceeds .05, meaning that the data falls within the range of what would happen 95% of the time, if the coin were fair. Hence, the null hypothesis is not rejected at the .05 level.

However, had one more head been obtained, the resulting p-value (two-tailed) would have been 0.0414 (4.14%), in which case the null hypothesis would be rejected at the .05 level.

Multistage experiment design[edit]

The difference between the two meanings of «extreme» appear when we consider a multistage experiment for testing the fairness of the coin. Suppose we design the experiment as follows:

• Flip the coin twice. If both comes up heads or tails, end the experiment.
• Else, flip the coin 4 more times.

This experiment has 7 types of outcomes: 2 heads, 2 tails, 5 heads 1 tail…, 1 head 5 tails. We now calculate the p-value of the «3 heads 3 tails» outcome .

If we use the test statistic , then under the null hypothesis is exactly 1 for two-sided p-value, and exactly for one-sided left-tail p-value, and same for one-sided right-tail p-value.

If we consider every outcome that has equal or lower probability than «3 heads 3 tails» as «at least as extreme», then the p-value is exactly .

However, suppose we have planned to simply flip the coin 6 times no matter what happens, then the second definition of p-value would mean that the p-value of «3 heads 3 tails» is exactly 1.

Thus, the «at least as extreme» definition of p-value is deeply contextual, and depends on what the experimenter planned to do even in situations that did not occur.

History[edit]

P-value computations date back to the 1700s, where they were computed for the human sex ratio at birth, and used to compute statistical significance compared to the null hypothesis of equal probability of male and female births.^[27] John Arbuthnot studied this question in 1710,^{[28][29][30][31]} and examined birth records in London for each of the 82 years from 1629 to 1710. In every year, the number of males born in London exceeded the number of females. Considering more male or more female births as equally likely, the probability of the observed outcome is 1/2⁸², or about 1 in 4,836,000,000,000,000,000,000,000; in modern terms, the p-value. This is vanishingly small, leading Arbuthnot that this was not due to chance, but to divine providence: «From whence it follows, that it is Art, not Chance, that governs.» In modern terms, he rejected the null hypothesis of equally likely male and female births at the p = 1/2⁸² significance level. This and other work by Arbuthnot is credited as «… the first use of significance tests …»^[32] the first example of reasoning about statistical significance,^[33] and «… perhaps the first published report of a nonparametric test …»,^[29] specifically the sign test; see details at Sign test § History.

The same question was later addressed by Pierre-Simon Laplace, who instead used a parametric test, modeling the number of male births with a binomial distribution:^[34]

In the 1770s Laplace considered the statistics of almost half a million births. The statistics showed an excess of boys compared to girls. He concluded by calculation of a p-value that the excess was a real, but unexplained, effect.

The p-value was first formally introduced by Karl Pearson, in his Pearson’s chi-squared test,^[35] using the chi-squared distribution and notated as capital P.^[35] The p-values for the chi-squared distribution (for various values of χ² and degrees of freedom), now notated as P, were calculated in (Elderton 1902), collected in (Pearson 1914, pp. xxxi–xxxiii, 26–28, Table XII).

The use of the p-value in statistics was popularized by Ronald Fisher,^{[36][full citation needed]} and it plays a central role in his approach to the subject.^[37] In his influential book Statistical Methods for Research Workers (1925), Fisher proposed the level p = 0.05, or a 1 in 20 chance of being exceeded by chance, as a limit for statistical significance, and applied this to a normal distribution (as a two-tailed test), thus yielding the rule of two standard deviations (on a normal distribution) for statistical significance (see 68–95–99.7 rule).^{[38][note 3][39]}

He then computed a table of values, similar to Elderton but, importantly, reversed the roles of χ² and p. That is, rather than computing p for different values of χ² (and degrees of freedom n), he computed values of χ² that yield specified p-values, specifically 0.99, 0.98, 0.95, 0,90, 0.80, 0.70, 0.50, 0.30, 0.20, 0.10, 0.05, 0.02, and 0.01.^[40] That allowed computed values of χ² to be compared against cutoffs and encouraged the use of p-values (especially 0.05, 0.02, and 0.01) as cutoffs, instead of computing and reporting p-values themselves. The same type of tables were then compiled in (Fisher & Yates 1938), which cemented the approach.^[39]

As an illustration of the application of p-values to the design and interpretation of experiments, in his following book The Design of Experiments (1935), Fisher presented the lady tasting tea experiment,^[41] which is the archetypal example of the p-value.

To evaluate a lady’s claim that she (Muriel Bristol) could distinguish by taste how tea is prepared (first adding the milk to the cup, then the tea, or first tea, then milk), she was sequentially presented with 8 cups: 4 prepared one way, 4 prepared the other, and asked to determine the preparation of each cup (knowing that there were 4 of each). In that case, the null hypothesis was that she had no special ability, the test was Fisher’s exact test, and the p-value was so Fisher was willing to reject the null hypothesis (consider the outcome highly unlikely to be due to chance) if all were classified correctly. (In the actual experiment, Bristol correctly classified all 8 cups.)

Fisher reiterated the p = 0.05 threshold and explained its rationale, stating:^[42]

It is usual and convenient for experimenters to take 5 per cent as a standard level of significance, in the sense that they are prepared to ignore all results which fail to reach this standard, and, by this means, to eliminate from further discussion the greater part of the fluctuations which chance causes have introduced into their experimental results.

He also applies this threshold to the design of experiments, noting that had only 6 cups been presented (3 of each), a perfect classification would have only yielded a p-value of which would not have met this level of significance.^[42] Fisher also underlined the interpretation of p, as the long-run proportion of values at least as extreme as the data, assuming the null hypothesis is true.

In later editions, Fisher explicitly contrasted the use of the p-value for statistical inference in science with the Neyman–Pearson method, which he terms «Acceptance Procedures».^[43] Fisher emphasizes that while fixed levels such as 5%, 2%, and 1% are convenient, the exact p-value can be used, and the strength of evidence can and will be revised with further experimentation. In contrast, decision procedures require a clear-cut decision, yielding an irreversible action, and the procedure is based on costs of error, which, he argues, are inapplicable to scientific research.

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The E-value corresponds to the expected number of times in multiple testing that one expects to obtain a test statistic at least as extreme as the one that was actually observed if one assumes that the null hypothesis is true.^[44] The E-value is the product of the number of tests and the p-value.

The q-value is the analog of the p-value with respect to the positive false discovery rate.^[45] It is used in multiple hypothesis testing to maintain statistical power while minimizing the false positive rate.^[46]

The Probability of Direction (pd) is the Bayesian numerical equivalent of the p-value.^[47] It corresponds to the proportion of the posterior distribution that is of the median’s sign, typically varying between 50% and 100%, and representing the certainty with which an effect is positive or negative.

See also[edit]

• Student’s t-test
• Bonferroni correction
• Counternull
• Fisher’s method of combining p-values
• Generalized p-value
• Harmonic mean p-value
• Holm–Bonferroni method
• Multiple comparisons problem
• p-rep
• p-value fallacy

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

External links[edit]

• Free online p-values calculators for various specific tests (chi-square, Fisher’s F-test, etc.).
• Understanding p-values, including a Java applet that illustrates how the numerical values of p-values can give quite misleading impressions about the truth or falsity of the hypothesis under test.
• StatQuest: P Values, clearly explained on YouTube
• StatQuest: P-value pitfalls and power calculations on YouTube
• Science Isn’t Broken — Article on how p-values can be manipulated and an interactive tool to visualize it.

В этой статье рассмотрим тему p-значений в статистике. Информация пригодится всем, кто занимается анализом данных и статистическими сведениями.

Определение простыми словами

P value – это вероятность того, что случайное значение величины с данным распределением (тестовой статистики при нулевой гипотезе) будет принимать значение, не менее фактического. Представляет собой наибольший показатель уровня значимости (вероятности отказа от того, что предположение верно), для которого вычислительная проверочная статистика ведет к отказу от нулевой гипотезы. Это – некая «жизнеспособность нулевого предположения».

Чтобы далее этот вопрос был более понятным, стоит рассматривать его на наглядном примере. А именно – на связи пристрастия к кровавым играм и агрессивностью в реальной жизни.

Уровни

P-значения бывает нескольких уровней. В зависимости от соответствующего показателя делается выбор относительно того, является ли показатель статистически значимым или нет:

1. P-значения ≤0,05 – обычный уровень статистической значимости. Он интерпретируется как «получение статически значимого результата». Часто помечается одной звездочкой. Это «традиционная» отметка при анализе.
2. P-значения ≤0,01 – высокая статистическая значимость. Может быть интерпретирована как «обнаружение выраженной закономерности». Обозначает тесную связь между несколькими переменными, если подразумевается уровень значимости корреляционного коэффициента. На письме имеет обозначение в виде двух звездочек.
3. P-значения ≤0,001 – высокий уровень статистической значимости. Обозначение – три звездочки.

Есть результаты, которые могут быть описаны как близкие к статистическим. В них P-значение примерно равно 0,05. Они указывают на то, что существует тенденция к формированию той или иной закономерности.

Если показатель статистической значимости будет более 0,1, то это будет свидетельствовать о полученном результате, который не имеет статистической «важности». Пример – когда подразумевается сравнение выборок. Полученный показатель p-значения более 0,1, указывает на то, что статистически значимые различия между ними отсутствуют.

Обычно для анализа соответствующий элемент выступает одним из основополагающих. Уровень p-значимости (value) указывает на вероятность ошибки при выявлении закономерностей. Чем меньше данная величина, тем ниже вероятность «сбоя». И тем более статистически значимым выступает полученный результат.

Как определить

P-значения используются для того, чтобы определить, попадают ли итоговые результаты эксперимента в диапазон значений, являющийся нормальным для заданной величины. Определить значимость поможет специальная таблица. Воспользоваться ей можно, если просчитать х-квадрат:

1. Определить ожидаемые итоги. Обычно ученые при анализе и экспериментах уже знают, какие значимости являются «типичными» или «нормальными». Выводы базируются на ранее проведенных опытах, достоверных наборах информации, а также на научной литературе. Иногда происходит ссылка на сторонние источники. Ожидания должны быть выражены числами.
2. Определить наблюдаемые результаты. Для этого необходимо провести эксперимент и найти действительные (наблюдаемые) параметры. Они тоже должны быть представлены в виде чисел. Специальная таблица поможет представить информацию в более удобной форме. При экспериментальных условиях и отличии «ожидания» от «реальности» действуют две теории. Первая – это вызвано одним конкретным экспериментом. Вторая – ситуация случайна. P-значения как раз помогут определить, отличаются ли наблюдения от ожиданий настолько, чтобы опровергнуть нулевую гипотезу.
3. Определить число степеней свободы значимости эксперимента. Так называется степень изменяемости исследования, которая выражается числом исследуемых категорий. Рассчитывается по формуле n-1. Здесь n – число категорий или переменных, анализируемых во время теста.
4. Сравнить ожидания и реально наблюдаемые результаты. Для этого используется хи-квадрат (x²). Это значение (не статистическое), измеряющее разницу между ожиданием и реальностью. Уравнение будет таким: Сумма((o-e)²/e), где o – наблюдение, e – ожидаемые показатели. Необходимо просуммировать результаты уравнения для всех возможных итогов.
5. Выбрать уровень статистической значимости (values). После обнаружения степеней свободы эксперимента и расчета значения критерия хи-квадрата, необходимо определить значение p. От него будет зависеть значимость полученных наблюдений. Записывается значение p в виде десятичных дробей.
6. Использовать список с данными распределения хи-квадрата. Определить p-значение поможет специальная таблица. Она имеет вертикальную ось слева. Это – соответствие числу степеней свободы. Также имеется горизонтальная ось, расположенная сверху. Она указывает на p-значения. Сначала здесь требуется обнаружить степени свободы, затем – посмотреть на ряд слева-направо. Остановиться необходимо при первом параметре, превышающем хи-квадрат. Теперь потребуется посмотреть в верхнюю часть столбца. Там будет p-значение (value). Оно расположено между соответствующим число и тем, что расположено левее.

Остается принять решение, что делать с полученными статистическими значимостями далее – оставлять нулевую гипотезу или нет. Если итоговый параметр меньше уровня значимости – связь между переменными вероятна. Когда показатель p-значения находится между 0,05 и 0,1, он не может быть отклонен.

Наглядный пример

Чтобы лучше понять выбранное направление, стоит изучить наглядный пример. В ходе исследований были получены такие итоги относительно связи агрессивности в жизни и пристрастия к кровавым компьютерным играм:

Две группы школьников поделены по степени агрессивности через стандартный t-тест. Заветный уровень value менее 0,05. Пример – 0,04. Существуют несколько предположений:

1. Компьютерные игры являются основной причиной агрессивного поведения. Вероятность этого составляет 96%.
2. Шанс того, что игры и агрессия не связаны – 0,04.
3. Если показатель более 0,05, то агрессивность и компьютерные кровавые игры никак не связаны между собой.
4. Случайное получение соответствующей разницы составляет 0,04.
5. Все утверждения не являются верными.

Последний вариант является наиболее грамотным. Но многочисленные исследования указывают на то, что интерпретация итоговых данных даже опытными аналитиками бывает ошибочна. Из-за этого приходится производить расчеты и пользоваться специальными таблицами.

Как лучше изучать статистические показатели

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