From p277 of R Cookbook Let's say I have a R model lm(formula = y ~ u + v + w) and the Summary() shows: Multiple R-Squared: 0.4981, Adjust R-Squared: 0.4402 F-statistic: 8.603 on 3 and 26 DF, p-value: 0.0003915 Using Adjusted r-Squared I can say that my model explains 44.02% of the variance of y with the remaining 55.98 unexplained. Question: Does the associated F-statistic p-value (being < .05) tell me: a) the model, in general, is significant (not taking into account other values from Summary) b) the model is significant in explaining the 44.02% variance (adjusted r-squared)