lol, yes I know what p-values and the null hypothesis are. You wouldn't believe how much I've had to go over that stuff at uni...
For those who don't understand that stuff, the null hypothesis states that there is no difference between what you are comparing. You use a statistical test to obtain a p-value, which represents the probability that you would get your observed findings IF THE NULL HYPOTHESIS IS TRUE. So when champz compared Ghost and Dark, he got a p-value of 0.00006. This basically means that the probability of me getting the findings I got is very, very small if the null hypothesis is true (which would state no difference between Ghost and Dark). It's so small that we can reject the null hypothesis and state that there is, in fact, a difference between them.
So yeah, I COULD have performed a t-test or something (you never said which test you used specifically, but since you are basically comparing means I would guess you used some sort of t-test) but, well, I was just being lazy haha. Plus I would have to reteach myself how to use one of the many stats programs at my uni. It's been a while...
Still, thanks for doing that and it's nice to have actual stats backing up what I found!
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