Question

A statistician analyzing a randomized controlled experiment has tested

Null: The treatment does nothing.

Alternative: The treatment does something.

using a 4% cutoff for P-values. The P-value of the test turns out to be about 1.8%.

1.

The conclusion of the test is

-The treatment does nothing.
-The treatment does something.

2.

“P=1.8% means that there is only about a 1.8% chance that the treatment does nothing.”

The quoted statement is

- True
- False