MEANING
Not meeting the stated statistical threshold for evidence against a specified hypothesis.
Use it for
describing a result that does not cross a significance threshold; avoiding the claim that an effect has been disproved; distinguishing statistical classification from practical importancePrevents confusing failure to cross a statistical threshold with proof that an effect is absent or unimportant. Academic functions: Evidence, Research / Methodology, Qualification / Uncertainty.
Words that belong together
- a statistically nonsignificant result
- a nonsignificant difference
- a nonsignificant association
On the page
The estimated association was positive but statistically nonsignificant at the prespecified threshold.
A nonsignificant difference does not by itself establish that the two interventions are equivalent.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- nonsignificant
Usage notes
Attributive or predicative adjective, usually statistically nonsignificant. Non-significant is a spelling variant, not a separate word. No ordinary comparative/superlative. Register: technical. Commonness: moderately common (qualitative editorial estimate, informed by dictionaries/corpus).
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