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not significant

(NS) denoting a result from a statistical hypothesis-testing procedure that does not allow the researcher to conclude that differences in the data obtained for different samples are meaningful and legitimate. In other words, a result that is not significant does not permit the rejection of the null hypothesis; any observed differences are considered to be due to chance or random factors. Also called nonsignificant.

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