ABSTRACT

Comment: “Stipulated p” is often set at 0.05 by statisticians and biologists. If he uses 0.05, a person is willing to make a type-1 error 5% of the time; that is, he is willing to be wrong (i.e., reject a true null hypothesis) 5 times out of 100. If “found p” ≤ “stipulated p,” a person rejects his null hypothesis.