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significant difference

the situation in which a significance testing procedure indicates the statistical differences observed between two groups (e.g., a treatment group and a control group) are unlikely to reflect chance variation.

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January 30th 2025

vowel

vowel

n.

1. a voiced speech sound that is produced when the breath stream vibrating the vocal cords has unobstructed passage through the vocal tract.

2. one of the letters of the alphabet used to represent these sounds in writing. Compare consonant.