{"title":"Opinion: Never use the word ‘significant’ in a scientific paper","authors":"H. Motulsky","doi":"10.3402/arb.v1.25155","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The word ‘significant’ is widely used in scientific papers. A PubMed search for ‘significant’ in June 2014 yielded more than two million results! But the word ‘significant’ has several meanings, and so is often misunderstood. There is a simple way to avoid this confusion: Avoid the word ‘significant’ and use alternative wording. (Published: 25 September 2014) Citation: Advances in Regenerative Biology 2014, 1 : 25155 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/arb.v1.25155","PeriodicalId":269533,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Regenerative Biology","volume":"44 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2014-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"5","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Advances in Regenerative Biology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3402/arb.v1.25155","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The word ‘significant’ is widely used in scientific papers. A PubMed search for ‘significant’ in June 2014 yielded more than two million results! But the word ‘significant’ has several meanings, and so is often misunderstood. There is a simple way to avoid this confusion: Avoid the word ‘significant’ and use alternative wording. (Published: 25 September 2014) Citation: Advances in Regenerative Biology 2014, 1 : 25155 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/arb.v1.25155