El nivel de significación
Example: El nivel de significación determina si los resultados son estadísticamente válidos.
Definition
"El nivel de significación" is a statistical term used in research to indicate the threshold at which the results of an experiment or study are considered statistically significant, meaning the probability of the observed results occurring by chance is sufficiently low to reject the null hypothesis.
Etymology
The phrase "el nivel de significación" comes from Spanish, where "nivel" means level and "significación" means significance. It evolved within the scientific and statistical communities to describe the importance or meaning of results in hypothesis testing, reflecting the idea of a critical cutoff point for findings.
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"El nivel de significación" appears in the Vocaplus list "Spanish - Research - (A1-C2) - set 1", containing 108 commonly used words.
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