Explain what is meant by statistical significance. How does statistical significance relate to the issue of importance?

What will be an ideal response?

Significant does not mean important in the usual sense. Rather, computations indicate the effect was unlikely to have been a product of chance factors. For example, if probability is 5% or less, the correlation is believable and, therefore, statistically significant. But it might only account for a small fraction of the behavior and may, therefore, be relatively unimportant in a practical sense.

Psychology

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prohibited are the two principal kinds of __________ . Fill in the blanks with correct word

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Average children are

a. ignored by classmates. b. liked and disliked by some classmates, but not with a high level of intensity. c. liked by many classmates. d. disliked by many classmates.

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