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jtflynn33
Fluorite | Level 6

The data comes from the data table: marchflights.sas7bdat   (airplane flights and the corresponding weights of "freight" - the variable)

 

Freight (variable)

Mean=333.95, Standard deviation=98.11.  Number of observations=635

 

Below is the code:

 

/**Hypothesis Testing**/
proc univariate data=certprep.marchflights mu0 = 333.95;
     var freight;
run;

 

I believe that the t statistic should be much higher than 0.000283,

and the p value should be very low, looking like 0.0040 or something like that, but it is 0.9998  

 

Results are below:

 

Tests for Location: Mu0=333.95

0.0002830.9998
t statistic  p value
  

 

Can the results of the t statistic and the p value actually be correct? I don't think so.

Is there anything I'm missing here? Is there something wrong with the code?

 

Thank you.

 

jtflynn33

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Reeza
Super User

I think you're misunderstanding hypothesis testing.


The null hypothesis is that the mean is equal to 333.95. If p<Alpha then you would reject the null hypothesis.

Since the P-value is 1, this means you fail to reject the null hypothesis and the mean is not significantly different than 333.95. 

 

Usually you're looking to reject a null hypothesis, in this case you're looking to confirm your null hypothesis. 

 


@jtflynn33 wrote:

The data comes from the data table: marchflights.sas7bdat   (airplane flights and the corresponding weights of "freight" - the variable)

 

Freight (variable)

Mean=333.95, Standard deviation=98.11.  Number of observations=635

 

Below is the code:

 

/**Hypothesis Testing**/
proc univariate data=certprep.marchflights mu0 = 333.95;
     var freight;
run;

 

I believe that the t statistic should be much higher than 0.000283,

and the p value should be very low, looking like 0.0040 or something like that, but it is 0.9998  

 

Results are below:

 

Tests for Location: Mu0=333.95

0.000283 0.9998
t statistic   p value
   

 

Can the results of the t statistic and the p value actually be correct? I don't think so.

Is there anything I'm missing here? Is there something wrong with the code?

 

Thank you.

 

jtflynn33


 

 

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Ksharp
Super User

It looks right.  If you want p value be small (significant) , then t statistic must be big enough. 

t statistic measured the deviation of H0 statistical (when H0 is assuming right) .

PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

t = (xbar - mu) / (s / sqrt(n))

 

xbar and mu are both 333.95 (well, xbar probably has a few more decimal places), so t close to zero is correct.

 

When you have a t close to zero, you have a p value close to 1

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Paige Miller
Reeza
Super User

I think you're misunderstanding hypothesis testing.


The null hypothesis is that the mean is equal to 333.95. If p<Alpha then you would reject the null hypothesis.

Since the P-value is 1, this means you fail to reject the null hypothesis and the mean is not significantly different than 333.95. 

 

Usually you're looking to reject a null hypothesis, in this case you're looking to confirm your null hypothesis. 

 


@jtflynn33 wrote:

The data comes from the data table: marchflights.sas7bdat   (airplane flights and the corresponding weights of "freight" - the variable)

 

Freight (variable)

Mean=333.95, Standard deviation=98.11.  Number of observations=635

 

Below is the code:

 

/**Hypothesis Testing**/
proc univariate data=certprep.marchflights mu0 = 333.95;
     var freight;
run;

 

I believe that the t statistic should be much higher than 0.000283,

and the p value should be very low, looking like 0.0040 or something like that, but it is 0.9998  

 

Results are below:

 

Tests for Location: Mu0=333.95

0.000283 0.9998
t statistic   p value
   

 

Can the results of the t statistic and the p value actually be correct? I don't think so.

Is there anything I'm missing here? Is there something wrong with the code?

 

Thank you.

 

jtflynn33


 

 

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