Message-ID: <4EAFE766.8030602@statistik.tu-dortmund.de>
Date: 2011-11-01T12:34:46Z
From: Uwe Ligges
Subject: Significance of trend
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LRH.2.02.1111010837460.29034@norway.ouce.ox.ac.uk>
On 01.11.2011 09:47, Muhammad Rahiz wrote:
> Thanks for those who replied.
>
> I know what a p-value is and the links given reaffirm my understanding.
> The code below gives p=0.26. This is more than 0.05 - hence null
> hypothesis i.e. attributed by chance.
>
> But I did not specify the significance level at 0.05. So I'm wondering
> if any part of the code states so. Or does R define significance level
> at 0.05 by default?
That's why you have been told to read what a p-value is! It is
independent of the level of significance (which is not true for critical
values). Just compare.
Uwe Ligges
>
> Thanks
>