Het significantieniveau
Example: Het significantieniveau bepaalt of de resultaten statistisch relevant zijn.
Definition
"Het significantieniveau" refers to the threshold in statistical analysis used to determine whether the results of a study are statistically significant, indicating the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is actually true, typically expressed as a value like 0.05 or 5%.
Etymology
The term "het significantieniveau" comes from Dutch, combining 'significantie' meaning significance, derived from Latin 'significantia' which means indication or meaning, and 'niveau' meaning level, borrowed from French. Together, it literally means 'the level of significance'. Did you know that the concept was popularized in the 20th century with the rise of modern statistics?
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"Het significantieniveau" appears in the Vocaplus list "Dutch - Research - (A1-C2) - set 1", containing 108 commonly used words.
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