What does the p value really mean?
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Consider an experiment in which 10 subjects receive a placebo, and another 10 receive an experimental diuretic. After 8 h, the average urine output in the placebo group is 769 mL, versus 814 mL in the diuretic group—a difference of 45 mL (Figure 1). How do we know if that difference means the drug works and is not just a result of chance? of 45 mL in the average urine output between groups under the null hypothesis. Because this is a very small probability, we reject the null hypothesis. It does not mean that the drug is a diuretic, nor that there is 97% chance of the drug being a diuretic.
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