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Significance level
Meaning
Noun
●
In Statistics:
A
measure
of how likely it is to
draw
a
false
conclusion
in a
statistical
test, when the results are really just
random
variations.
●
In Statistics:
The
probability
, usually
expressed
as a
percentage
, of
making a decision
to
reject
the
null hypothesis
when the
null hypothesis
is
actually
true
; the
probability
of making a type I error.
●
Used
other than
figuratively
or
idiomatically
: see
significance
, level.
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