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Assessing statistical significance of periodogram peaks

open access: yes, 2007
The least-squares (or Lomb-Scargle) periodogram is a powerful tool which is used routinely in many branches of astronomy to search for periodicities in observational data.
Lehman E. L.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Interpreting "statistical hypothesis testing" results in clinical research

open access: yesJournal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, 2012
Difference between "Clinical Significance and Statistical Significance" should be kept in mind while interpreting "statistical hypothesis testing" results in clinical research.
Sanjeev B Sarmukaddam
doaj   +1 more source

Statistical significance of communities in networks

open access: yes, 2010
Nodes in real-world networks are usually organized in local modules. These groups, called communities, are intuitively defined as sub-graphs with a larger density of internal connections than of external links.
A. P. Dempster   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Statistical significance of variables driving systematic variation

open access: yes, 2013
There are a number of well-established methods such as principal components analysis (PCA) for automatically capturing systematic variation due to latent variables in large-scale genomic data.
Chung, Neo Christopher, Storey, John D.
core   +1 more source

Utilizing discovery tools for classrooms: how do librarian attitudes on discovery impact tools they teach? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the utilization of discovery tools in classrooms with the aim of trying to assess the attitude toward them.
Allen, Natasha Danae
core   +2 more sources

Statistical significance in high-dimensional linear models

open access: yes, 2013
We propose a method for constructing p-values for general hypotheses in a high-dimensional linear model. The hypotheses can be local for testing a single regression parameter or they may be more global involving several up to all parameters. Furthermore,
Bühlmann, Peter
core   +1 more source

Communication and Language Profiles of Children Treated for Posterior Fossa Brain Tumors

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cognitive and language deficits are frequently reported sequelae of posterior fossa brain tumors (PFBT). Typically, delayed onset impedes prompt assessment and early intervention. This has devastating implications for quality of life.
Zara Sved   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The magical influence of statistical significance

open access: yesمجلة العلوم التربوية, 2004
This paper examined 1122 statistical tests found in 55 master theses accredited during 1995-2000 at Mu'tah University. It tried to answer two main questions: First, do researchers still relying on the level of significance (a) as the only criterion to ...
عبدالله الصمادي   +1 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Self-play: statistical significance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Heinz recently completed a comprehensive experiment in self-play using the FRITZ chess engine to establish the ‘decreasing returns’ hypothesis with specific levels of statistical confidence.
Haworth, Guy McCrossan
core  

The Statistical Significance of the "Dark Flow"

open access: yes, 2013
We revisit the statistical significance of the "dark flow" presented in Kashlinsky et al. (2009). We do not find a statistically significant detection of a bulk flow. Instead we find that CMB correlations between the 8 WMAP channels used in this analysis
Ebeling   +9 more
core   +1 more source

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