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Misreading Statistical Significance
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Misreading statistical significance means treating it as proof of importance, of causation, or of a large effect.
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A headline calls a two-point difference in a 100,000-person sample a breakthrough, because the study reported significance.
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With a large enough sample, a trivial difference becomes significant. Significance and importance are separate questions.