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Statistical significance is a characteristic of a statistic viewed in light of a null hypothesis and a given significance level. It reflects whether the statistic belongs to the rejection region (is statistically significant) or the acceptance region (is not statistically significant).

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Establishing a P-Value-type significance measure when data is in discrete categories

Imagine you have 2 ethnic groups on the planet Zorblax. Let us call them the A's and the B's. Stealing on Zorblax can have 3 different penalties: A fine A jail term Death penalty In a certain year, …
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Establishing significance of crime statistics variation in a changing population over time [closed]

On the planet Zorblax, there are 2 ethnic groups, one much larger in number than the other. The National Statistics Body of Zorblax wants to determine, with significance, if one group commits a dispro …
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