Message-ID: <99204592228B314BB5F1CCFD449B75530382E6B5@LS-E.mactec.com>
Date: 2008-05-30T12:58:36Z
From: Glover, Tim
Subject: glm-model evaluation
In-Reply-To: <483F213B.7080300@ufl.edu>
Ben Bolker [bolker at ufl.edu] said:
"The reason that I (and B&A) react so strongly to the use of the word
"significance" in this context is that it's nearly impossible to prevent
people from misinterpreting it in terms of classical p-values."
This is exactly why I seldom use "significant" except in this very
precise use. Some options I've used instead:
Notable
Noticeable
Obvious
Visible
Meaningful
Substantial
Noteworthy
Considerable
Suggestive
Hope this helps!
Tim Glover
Senior Environmental Scientist - Geochemistry
Geoscience Department Atlanta Area
MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc.
Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
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