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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. | |||
Author | Item | More concepts for author | |
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Beck-Bornholdt, P. | Significance | Beck-Bornholdt, P. | |
Brandom, Robert | Significance | Brandom, Robert | |
Hempel, Carl | Significance | Hempel, Carl | |
Peacocke, Christopher | Significance | Peacocke, Christopher | |
Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-03-29 |