Jerry Dallal wrote:
> 
> Herman Rubin wrote:
> 
> > A p-value tells me nothing of importance.
> 
> It's hard to resist the challenge, except I have to agree (if we
> qualify it by adding the word 'alone', that is, 'A p-value alone
> tells me nothing of importance.')
> 

I give in to the challenge too. Here is a p value alone:

0.023456789

Of course it tells me nothing - of importance or otherwise.........

Alan

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Alan McLean ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics
Monash University, Caulfield Campus, Melbourne
Tel:  +61 03 9903 2102    Fax: +61 03 9903 2007


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