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| Significance: Significance refers to the importance, meaning, or relevance of something within a particular context or in relation to a specific purpose or understanding. In statistics, significance refers to the probability that an observed result is due to chance alone. A result is considered to be statistically significant if it is unlikely to occur by chance if the null hypothesis is true. See also Statistics, Chance, Probability, Differences, Meaning. _____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Beck-Bornholt on Significance - Dictionary of Arguments
I 47 Def Significance/Statistics/Beck-Bornholt: a result is considered to be significant if the probability that it is an incidental finding is not greater than 5% - arbitrary (but internationally recognized). - The threshold should be lowered -> four-field test: Determines how likely it is that we suspect differences where none exist. I 48 The chase after significance leads to new errors. - Significant results may be inconsequential. - Error: testing until a desired result comes out. I 116 Those who do not find a significant difference do not prove that there is no difference. >Disctinctions. I 113 Statistics/Clinical Trials/Number/Significance: in a study with few patients major differences can only be confirmed or refuted. >Statistics, >Probability, >Probability theory. I 114 Problem: with a high caseload in the end everything is significant, but not necessarily interesting. >Relevance. I 237 Significance/Statistics/Beck-Bornholt: the fixed level of significance should depend on what consequences a possible error has - e.g. an umbrella with 95% reliability is okay, a parachute is not._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Beck-B I Hans-Peter Beck-Bornholdt Hans-Hermann Dubben Der Hund, der Eier legt. Erkennen von Fehlinformation durch Querdenken Reinbek 2001 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-19