P value is not showing normally

[alexb]

Hi! I stumbled on this problem doing a paired samples T-test: every value can be seen in their normal format, except for the p value, which I only get as "5.781e-12" instead of the usual format.

Why is this problem? How can I solve it? Any help is greatly appreciated!

[jonathon]

hi,

this is called "scientific notation" ... it's an alternative way of representing numbers that are either very small, or very large. you can read up on it.

the value 5.781e-12 is equal to 0.000000000005781

cheers

jonathon

[alexb]

Thanks for the quick help!