Barely Significant
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Statistical Data Editing in Scientific Articles.

J Korean Med Sci · 2017 · PMC5461308 · PMID 28581261

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closest p
boldest claim

The sentences

highly significantP = 0.000not a probability at all
Sometimes a highly significant P value is mistakenly reported as “ P = 0.000” (e.g., for “ P = 0.0000123”).

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marginally significantno p-value reported
partially significantno p-value reported
This results in coining some interesting terms including “partially significant” or “marginally significant” used by some authors and interpreting the non-significant results (with a P = 0.06, for example) in the manuscript “Discussion” section in a way if the difference is in fact significant.

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