significantly
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- adverb
- /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəntli/
- Specialized
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de forma estadísticamente significativa
- Results indicated that male and female college students were significantly different on three items.
- differ significantly
- significantly associated
- significantly different
And that REM sleep latency was significantly shorter in those people with depression.
- And that REM sleep latency was significantly shorter in those people with depression.
Examples
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The younger and older groups did not differ significantly in years of education completed.
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The earnings gains from education vary significantly across the students' chosen subjects of study.
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Changes in hard drug arrest rates were not significantly associated with changes in IDU rates over time.
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None of these recommendations were significantly linked with effect sizes for physical activity.
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In no instance was the prevalence of missing data significantly associated with income or survival.
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And the researchers concluded the calorie consumption of the United States population has not significantly changed.
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Consequently, the frequency of strong and violent tornadoes has not significantly increased over time.
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None of the other school-level factors were significantly associated with the IPI scale scores.
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Regression results revealed that role conflict and work overload significantly contributed to emotional exhaustion.
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The new treatment significantly improves the quality of life for patients with chronic pain.
Antonyms
How Significant
Surface Forms
Morphology
significantly = significant (semi-transparent) = significant + ly
Formally derived from 'significant' + '-ly', but the statistical meaning ('unlikely to be due to chance') is a specialized extension that may not be obvious from the general sense 'important'.
Etymology
In science and statistics the word significantly has the same root, from Latin significare and sign meaning 'to show' or 'mark', like a 'sign' that points to something real. So a result that is significantly different is one that 'shows' a real change and is not likely to be only by chance.