title: Comparing significance level to p-value in a two sided test
body: <p>I had a p-value of 0.608.
  <strong>For a two-sided test scenario,</strong>
  If I take 95% confidence i.e. 5% significance or alpha = 0.05,</p>
  <p>In that case,
  should we say, the answer to task be:</p>
  <p>&quot;0.608 &gt; 0.025, therefore, we cannot reject null hypothesis.??&quot;</p>
  <p>OR, we should say:</p>
  <p>&quot;0.608 &gt; 0.05, therefore, we cannot reject null hypothesis.??&quot;</p>
  <p>It was my understanding (inference mostly) that, assuming the data is standard normal distributed, you divide the alpha(or significance level) by two if it is a two sided test, before comparing it with p-value.??</p>
  <p>Please correct my understanding? Many thanks</p>