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I also used to find this disturbing, but the way I have explained this to myself is -- Insignificant < 25% Not insignificant 25-50% Not significant 50-75% Sig
by julianlam 6y ago
I also used to find this disturbing, but
the way I have explained this to myself is --
Insignificant < 25%
Not insignificant 25-50%
Not significant 50-75%
Significant > 75%
Of course for each individual situation the numbers vary, and I use them simply to demonstrate that it's a matter of degrees, and not as binary as you may expect a typical "not" to be.
It is the only double negative I have come to find useful.
- bbarnett 6y agoI agree with the 'binary' here, but also add "not bracketed". For me, I see: Insignificant < 25% Not insignificant 25%-? Significant > ~75% With: Not Significant < Significant But of course, that's almost certainly a colloquialism.
- shellac 6y ago> that's almost certainly a colloquialism. Probably, although sometimes these become terms of art, i.e. words or phrases with quite a specific meaning in a particular field. (Think of the people who hear 'significant' as '< 5% under null hypothesis', ironically not what Fisher intended)
- bbarnett 6y agoGood additional ; agreed!
- dempseye 6y agoI don't find it disturbing. I think your interpretation is close enough.