while writing chi-square interpretation we use table value and interpret the result by accept and reject hypothesis,
one of my colleague said we can use pvalue for interpreting results (Eg: =Since the 0.04(P value)
You can report the p value by itself, since it will be obvious whether it is above or below .05
Dear Suryakumar.
I attach an example of the test where I reported the values and critical level. Hope it helps.
In fact both of your are saying the same thing. These two methods are named in basic statistics test as critical value method (Where test value is compared with the table value at a particular significance level) and probability value method, commonly known as p-value method in which probability associated with the test value is compared with significance value.
To understand it simply, suppose there are two umpires. One calls a boundary when the ball either hits the rope or crosses it. Another umpire more realistically a robot that compares the area crossed by the ball with the remaining areas (supposing the boundary is at 5% of the extreme area), now the umpire calls a boundary when the remaining area is 5% or less. In short, both of you are saying the same thing.
You just need to report the p value readings as indication of significance whether it is above or below 0.05.
Best of Luck
The most common thing to do is report the Chi-square value, the df (degrees of freedom) and the p-value. Decisions about statistical significance are based on the p-value.
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