Writing Tip 11: How to Significantly Improve Your Writing
“Significant” means two different things in a research paper — a statistical result (p<0.05) and an everyday judgement of importance — and your reader can't always tell which one you meant.
What you will learn
- The two real meanings of “significant”: statistical (p<0.05) and everyday ("important")
- Why the ambiguity is the actual problem, not the word itself
- How to make sure a reviewer knows which meaning you intend
Free, self-paced, one sitting. Finish the quiz and you get a certificate.
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