Talk:Statistical significance

"Significance level" is a misleading term that many researchers do not fully understand. This article may help you understand the concept of statistical significance and the meaning of the numbers produced by The Survey System.

This article is presented in two parts. The first part simplifies the concept of statistical significance as much as possible; so that non-technical readers can use the concept to help make decisions based on their data. The second part provides more technical readers with a fuller discussion of the exact meaning of statistical significance numbers.

In normal English, "significant" means important, while in Statistics "significant" means probably true (not due to chance). [1]