Mention P-values and most people will probably shudder at some memory of an incomprehensible lecture or lesson on statistical tests.  Words like null hypotheses, t-tests, statistical significance might pop into your mind with little understanding of what they are about.  What you may know is that scientists have to report a p-value for any experiment they do or do they?

The area of Statistical Inference is a core area of study for any statistician.  Put simply, Inference means to infer from the observations you’ve made about your data and to draw conclusions about what might be happening in real life.  There are two parts to Inference.

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