Meaning
unlikely to have occurred by chance according to statistical testing
Primary Function
Adverb-adjective collocation (technical)
Communicative Purpose
To report a reliable research finding
Pattern
statistically significant
Core Structure
statistically significant
Função primária
Adverb-adjective collocation (technical)
Propósito comunicativo
To report a reliable research finding
Situações de gatilho
Academic papers, data reports, clinical trials
Contextos
Academic, professional (science)
Padrão
statistically significant
Estrutura central
statistically significant
Slots de substituição
(none, very fixed)
Colocados típicos
- results
- difference
- correlation
- at the p<0.05 level
Substituições comuns
- significant p-value
- non-random
Erros comuns
using ‘statistic significant’ (adverb form)
Similar / contraste
clinically significant, practically significant
Interferências
don’t confuse with everyday use of ‘significant’; here it denotes a rigorously tested finding
Família do chunk
- p-value
- confidence interval
- null hypothesis
Nuance
refers to findings that are unlikely due to chance according to statistical testing, often tied to p‑values below .05
Efeito pragmático
conveys evidence-based authority and reliability in scientific communication
Dica de memória
Statistically significant
Nota
This term is crucial in scientific research to distinguish meaningful results from random fluctuations.
Upgrade path
noticeable effect → reliable effect → statistically significant effect
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