FiveThirtyEight.com published a very interesting feature: asking some leading scientists at a statistics conference to explain a P-value in simple, nontechnical terms. While they all knew the technical definition of a P-value, they were at a loss as to how to explain this technical notion to a nontechnical audience.
I plan on showing this article (and the embedded video) to my future statistics classes.
I'm a Professor of Mathematics and a University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of North Texas. For eight years, I was co-director of Teach North Texas, UNT's program for preparing secondary teachers of mathematics and science.
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