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The importance of difference

Ah, but is it significant?

Hugh Coolican, research methods guru, gives us some fun examples of statistics in everyday life

significance, null hypothesis, population, probability, alternative hypothesis

I have a mantra that I would like all psychology students to learn and use whenever they encounter a claimed difference or relationship. It goes like this: ‘I knocked two pounds off my weight last month!’ ‘Ah, but is it a significant loss?’

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