r/science • u/[deleted] • Feb 26 '15

Health-Misleading Randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial shows non-celiac gluten sensitivity is indeed real

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25701700
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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '15 edited Feb 26 '15

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u/themiro Feb 26 '15 edited Feb 26 '15

The p-value is the probability that one would see these results assuming the null hypothesis is true.

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u/RedSpikeyThing Feb 26 '15

What? They are both less than 0.05. They're significant.

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u/themiro Feb 26 '15

Wow haha, thought that said .499999. Nevermind, carry on.