Author Question: Explain the difference between the statistical meaning of the word significant results' and the ... (Read 50 times)

darbym82 · **on:** Jul 24, 2018

Explain the difference between the statistical meaning of the word significant results' and the regular conversational meaning of the word significant results.'

Question 2

What two pieces of information do you get from a confidence interval that can help you evaluate whether or not statistically results are really important to you?

yuyiding · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 24, 2018

Answer to Question 1

THE CONVERSATIONAL MEANING IMPLIES PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE, WHILE THE STATISTICAL MEANING MAY NOT; IT ONLY INTERPRETS THE SIZE OF THE P-VALUE.

Answer to Question 2

1) THE MAGNITUDE OF THE EFFECT (WHAT ITS ACTUAL VALUE IS ESTIMATED TO BE); AND 2) HOW MUCH UNCERTAINTY THERE WAS IN THE RESULTS, MEASURED BY THE WIDTH OR BY THE MARGIN OF ERROR.