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Record 1 2010-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
  • Pharmacology
DEF

An association between two factors that is greater than would occur at random. Traditionally, statistical significance is determined by a mathematical formula: there must be less than a 1- in -20 chance that a cause-and-effect relationship apparently demonstrated in an experiment is caused by chance alone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique
  • Pharmacologie

Spanish

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