What is the difference between statistical significance of the results and the significance of the study?

What will be an ideal response?


Statistical significance means that the results are not likely to be a function of chance; significance of the study refers to the importance of the findings with respect to theory or practical applications. The results of study could be statistically significant, but have no practical significance at all.

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Who discovered the relationship between electricity and magnetism?

a. Hans Christian Oersted b. Thomas Edison c. Felix Wankel d. Henry J. Heinz

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List and discuss the reasons a school would develop and advertise a philosophy or mission

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

There are several possible audiences for local presentations of research, but probably none will be more interested than your colleagues.

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A fixed attitude, belief, or emotion held by an individual about another individual or group that is based on faulty or unsubstantiated data is otherwise known as ______.

a. ethnocentrism b. prejudice c. stereotype d. privilege

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