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level of significance
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level of significance [′lev·əl əv sig′nif·i·kəns]
(statistics)
For a test, the probability of false rejection of the null hypothesis. Also known as significance level.


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As in Letendre (2004), we use the superscripts ** and * to illustrate that an observed moment is not statistically different from its simulated counterpart at the 5% and 1% levels of significance, respectively.
154 Note: * and ** denote the rejection of null of no contemporaneous correlation at 1% and 5% levels of significance respectively.
Although differences do not reach conventional levels of significance, the data suggest that the effect of survey mode on reporting of genital discharge was greater among married or cohabiting respondents than among others, and that the effect on reporting of genital sores declined with increasing level of education.
 
 
 
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