Statistical
significance is the probability that an effect seen in a study is not likely to be due only to chance variation (Polit & Beck, 2010).
Statistical and clinical significance
Confidence interval (CI) is considered reciprocal to statistical
significance. That is p less than 0.05 is the same as having a 95% CI that does not overlap zero.
Statistical Significance: Is it really that significant?
Are you living your life in pursuit of success or
significance? Success by itself is empty.
I want to rename this magazine
Applicants for planning permission, or other relevant forms of heritage consent, will be required to provide evidence to enable the planning authority to establish the
significance of the affected heritage asset.
New approach to our heritage
According to Cult's authors, the problem is that
significance has become a broken, or highly overused and abused, statistical instrument.
Wallowing in significance
To assess its prevalence, Ziliak and McCloskey developed a 19 item assessment index for proper treatment of tests of
significance (an example item is: "Does the article refrain from reporting t- or F-statistics or standard errors even when a test of
significance is not relevant?).
Stephen T. Ziliak and Deirdre N. McCloskey, The Cult of Statistical Significance: How the Standard Error Costs Us Jobs, Justice, and Lives
Gerald Dawe, the councillor whose ward covers the site of the Ribbon, said he was unaware of the
significance of the find until July, when it was featured on BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
Rotherwas Ribbon discovery was 'concealed for two months'
Within collecting institutions, such as libraries, museums and archives, that seek to provide enduring access to the cultural memory, the concept of
significance emphasizes importance and consequence to the community served by these institutions.
Guarding against collective amnesia? Making significance problematic: an exploration of issues
* Eastern courtyard, owned by Middlesbrough Council - the buildings are of moderate
significance and could be retained and converted or redeveloped for new uses.
Future plans for jewel in the town
Because of the amount of "thick description" and the even-handed tone throughout, it is perhaps easy to miss the
significance of Hunter's argument.
How Young Ladies Became Girls: The Victorian Origins of American Girlhood
The problems with multiple hypotheses are well known and often addressed in textbooks on research methods under the topics of joint tests (e.g., Greene 2003; Kennedy 2003) and
significance level adjustment (e.g., Kleinbaum et al.
When to combine hypotheses and adjust for multiple tests
Why, then, are its history and
significance fading from view and becoming less accessible in the digital information age.
Great mining camps of Canada: announcing a new series
Deftly compiling a complete and through account of the Shroud's history, its actual
significance for New Testament ecclesiastical studies, its symbolic meaning, and related issues german any debate on its authenticity, The Shroud Was The Resurrection offers a natural biochemical approach to the Shroud as a verification concerning the resurrection of Christ and the true
significance of the Shroud of Turin's mysterious and legendary past.
The Shroud Was the Resurrection
For quantitative type of data test of
significance applied was student t test and for Qualitative data Chi square test was applied.
COMPARISON OF MATERNAL AND FOETAL OUTCOME BETWEEN INDUCED LABOUR AND SPONTANEOUS LABOUR IN LOW RISK PREGNANCY IN PRIMIGRAVIDA