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If the data under review are NOT statistically significant, then they should not normally be used as a basis for important decisions.
If the data under review are NOT statistically significant, then they should not normally be used as a basis for important decisions.
It is less likely, for example, that a very small sample of data would produce a statistically significant result.
It is less likely, for example, that a very small sample of data would produce a statistically significant result.


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Significance testing]]
* [[Significance testing]]

Revision as of 08:53, 20 August 2013

A measure of the likelihood that observed statistical data under review might have arisen randomly (rather than as a result of the proposed statistical relationship).

If the data under review are NOT statistically significant, then they should not normally be used as a basis for important decisions.

It is less likely, for example, that a very small sample of data would produce a statistically significant result.


See also