Fundamentals of p-values: Introduction
Statistics Theory
2016-03-15 v1 Statistics Theory
Abstract
We explain the concept of p-values presupposing only rudimentary probability theory. We also use the occasion to introduce the notion of p-function, so that p-values are values of a p-function. The explanation is restricted to the discrete case with no outcomes of zero probability. We are going to address the general case elsewhere.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1603.03952,
title = {Fundamentals of p-values: Introduction},
author = {Yuri Gurevich and Vladimir Vovk},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.03952},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
The article was written for (and will appear in) the Logic in Computer Science column at the Bulletin of the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science