What does an .01 level of significance mean?

What will be an ideal response?


It means that results are due to chance factors. Only 1 in 100 means there is a 99 percent chance that the sample results are not due to chance factors alone, but reflect the population accurately. It means the odds of such results based on chance alone are .01 or 1 percent. It means one can be 99 percent confident that the results are due to a real
relationship in the populations, not chance factors.

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