the message that is intended or expressed or signified; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambigtuous"
Fraction of the OMIM entries analysed that had a lower or equal frequency of the word in the corresponding abstracts A value of one indicates that the frequency of the word in the abstracts of the corresponding OMIM entry is exceptionally high Note that words like 'this' may have a high frequency but a low significancy
The significance of something is the importance that it has, usually because it will have an effect on a situation or shows something about a situation. Ideas about the social significance of religion have changed over time = importance
A narrative description of the reasons a property contributes to the City's cultural heritage and/or to the long term social, economic, and urban design vitality of its neighborhood
If we compare the results for the same question from two different groups of informants, they might appear to show a difference between the views of the two groups Before drawing attention to it, and proposing action based on it, we need to be sure that the difference could not reasonably be explained simply as the result of sampling error If the difference is greater than the sampling error we could reasonably expect, then we say the difference is significant Our standard reports highlight significant differences at a given confidence level between subsets or occasions of running the survey
A probability measure of how strongly the data support a certain result (usually of a statistical test) If the significance of a result is said to be 05, it means that there is only a 05 probability that the result could have happened by chance alone Very low significance (less than 05) is usually taken as evidence that the data mining model should be accepted since events with very low probability seldom occur So if the estimate of a parameter in a model showed a significance of 01 that would be evidence that the parameter must be in the model
An assessment of a site's unique data and research potential within a specific archaeological, cultural, and/or environmental context This assessment is expressed in relation to a site meeting one of the four criteria for eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places
A high degree of importance as indicated by either quantitative measurements or qualitative judgments Significance may be determined by evaluating characteristics pertaining to location extent, consequences, and duration
Is achieved when there is a low probability that the results of an experiment occurred by chance alone In psychology it is conventional that results are said to be significant if the probability of their occurrence by chance is equal to or less than 5 per cent or 0 05
the quality of being significant; "do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power"
a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication