significance test

noun

1. statistics (in hypothesis testing) a test of whether the alternative hypothesis achieves the predetermined significance level in order to be accepted in preference to the null hypothesis

Example Sentences

“Although an employee must show some harm from a forced transfer to prevail in a Title VII suit, she need not show that the injury satisfies a significance test.”

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That is, a significance test describes the probability of the occurrence of a certain set of poll results, given your view about the underlying state of public opinion.

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If the hypothesis passes the significance test then it is treated as being true, but a lot can go wrong.

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