A statistically significant finding means that:
a. findings are clinically important and valuable.
b. interventions should be used in clinical practice.
c. obtained results are not likely to have been due to chance.
d. results will be the same if the study is repeated with another sample.
ANS: C
Statistical significance indicates the likelihood that results of a statistical analysis are real and not a result of chance. The calculated probability from the statistical analysis is compared with alpha to determine whether findings are statistically (mathematically) significant or not.
Statistical significance does not necessarily mean clinically significant. Statistical significance indicates the likelihood that results of a statistical analysis are real and not a result of chance.
Clinicians must evaluate findings for relevance to their own practice.
There is no guarantee that results will be the same from one study to the next, especially if it is early in the exploration of the topic.
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