test's significance level

  • 1significance level — noun : level of significance herein * * * (in the statistical test of a hypothesis) the maximum probability of a Type I error for all distributions consistent with the null hypothesis. Also called level of significance. [1945 50] …

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  • 2significance level — (in the statistical test of a hypothesis) the maximum probability of a Type I error for all distributions consistent with the null hypothesis. Also called level of significance. [1945 50] * * * …

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  • 3significance level — noun A measure of how likely it is to draw a false conclusion in a statistical test, when the results are really just random variations. Formally defined in statistics as the probability of making a decision to reject the null hypothesis when the …

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  • 4significance tests — A variety of statistical techniques are used in empirical social research in order to establish whether a relationship between sample variables may be inferred to apply to the population from which the sample was drawn. These techniques assess… …

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  • 5Test method — A test method is a definitive procedure that produces a test result. (ASTM definition)The test result can be qualititive (yes/no), categorical, or quantititive (a measured value). It can be a personal observation or the output of a precision… …

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  • 6level of significance — the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when it is true called also significance level * * * Statistics. See significance level. [1920 25] …

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  • 7level of significance — Date: 1925 the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when it is true called also significance level …

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  • 8Exact test — In statistics, an exact (significance) test is a test where all assumptions upon which the derivation of the distribution of the test statistic is based are met, as opposed to an approximate test, in which the approximation may be made as close… …

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  • 9test — 1. To prove; to try a substance; to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents. 2. A method of examination, as to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease or of some substance in any of the fluids, tissues,… …

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  • 10levelof significance — level of significance n. pl. levels of significance The probability of a false rejection of the null hypothesis in a statistical test. Also called significance level. * * * …

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