Statistical Thinking

Overusing the Term “Statistically Significant” Makes You Look Clueless

A primer on interpreting other people’s hypothesis tests

Cassie Kozyrkov
7 min readNov 30, 2022

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If you’re in the market for a new tongue-twister, try this paraphrase of a classic:

“The difference between statistically significant and statistically non-significant is not necessarily significant.”

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