Look up: significance

1. Significance
   Results of an experiment are said to be statistically significant when they are very unlikely to be due to chance (and hence, in a psi test, are more likely to be due to psi). The chance probability is reported as the `significance level`. To be considered significant, the chance probability must generally be less than 1 in 20 (5%, or 0.05).
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2. Significance
   Results of an experiment are said to be statistically significant when they are very unlikely to be due to chance (and hence, in a psi test, are more likely to be due to psi). The chance probability is reported as the 'significance level'. To be considered significant, the chance probability must generally be less than 1 in 20 (5%, or 0.05).
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3. significance
   [n] - a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred 2. [n] - the quality of being significant
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4. Significance
   Significance is an English word that has been hijacked by statisticians. In general usage the term significant difference means an important difference, but 'significant' in this sense is subjective. On the other hand, statistical significance is objective, and is based on the concept 'p<0.05'. In a...
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5. significance
   importance Category: Medicine
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6. significance
   An analytical evaluation of the results of a comparative trial or survey. Data yielding a difference in outcome depending on treatment or environmental factors are considered statistically significant if various mathematical procedures indicate there is less than a one in twenty (five percent) chanc...
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7. significance
   noun the quality of being significant; `do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power`
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8. significance
   implication noun a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; `the significance of his remark became clear only later`; `the expectation was spread both by word and by implication`
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9. significance
   A finding in economics may be said to be of economic significance (or substantive significance) if it shows a theory to be useful or not useful, or if has implications for scientific interpretation or policy practice (McCloskey and Ziliak, 1996). Statistical significance is property of the probabili...
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10. Significance
    • (n.) Alt. of Significancy
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11. Significance
    [policy debate] Significance is a stock issue in policy debate which establishes the importance of the harms in the status quo. As a stock issue has fallen out of favor with the debate community almost all debaters and judges now believe that any plan which is preferable to the status quo is...
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12. Significance
    Significance can refer to: with purpose and importance ...
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13. significance
    
    • the quality of being significant
    • a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
    • the message that is intended or expressed
    
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14. significance
    value represented by the position of a digit within a code word
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15. significance
    A mathematical measure of the difference between groups. The difference is said to be statistically significant if it is greater than what might be expected to happen by chance alone. (See P value)
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16. Significance
    [magazine] Significance, established in 2004, is a magazine published bimonthly by both the Royal Statistical Society and the American Statistical Association. The major part of the content consists of articles on topics of statistical interest presented at a level suited to a general audien...
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