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Isn't p-value the probability of seeing the observed results, given that the null hypothesis is true and when this p-value is low , or pvalue <= significance level, that is when we reject the null hypothesis.

p-value isn't simply the probability of the null hypothesis to be true.

Please correct me if I am wrong.

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yes, I think what you mentioned is the more statistically correct way of defining p-value.

However, I also think that the correct definition is confusing for beginners. So going with a simpler but not statistically correct definition is not a bad idea.

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There ought to be a simple yet statistically sound illustration for p-value

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