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  2. Significant figures - Wikipedia

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    0.00034 has 2 significant figures (3 and 4) if the resolution is 0.00001. Zeros to the right of the last non-zero digit (trailing zeros) in a number with the decimal point are significant if they are within the measurement or reporting resolution. 1.200 has four significant figures (1, 2, 0, and 0) if they are allowed by the measurement resolution.

  3. Significand - Wikipedia

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    The significand [1] (also coefficient, [1] sometimes argument, [2] or more ambiguously mantissa, [3] fraction, [4] [5] [nb 1] or characteristic [6] [3]) is the first (left) part of a number in scientific notation or related concepts in floating-point representation, consisting of its significant digits.

  4. Significance - Wikipedia

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    Significant figures or significant digits, the precision of a numerical value; Statistical significance, the extent to which a result is unlikely to be due to chance ...

  5. Statistical significance - Wikipedia

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    Researchers focusing solely on whether their results are statistically significant might report findings that are not substantive [46] and not replicable. [47] [48] There is also a difference between statistical significance and practical significance. A study that is found to be statistically significant may not necessarily be practically ...

  6. Bit numbering - Wikipedia

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    In computing, the least significant bit (LSb) is the bit position in a binary integer representing the binary 1s place of the integer. Similarly, the most significant bit ( MSb ) represents the highest-order place of the binary integer.

  7. Dagger (mark) - Wikipedia

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    In psychological statistics the dagger indicates that a difference between two figures is not significant to a p<0.05 level, however is still considered a "trend" or worthy of note. Commonly this will be used for a p-value between 0.1 and 0.05.

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    Several senators, including Cruz, called for a review of airports nationwide that handle significant helicopter traffic in close proximity to commercial jets, something the FAA announced Thursday ...

  9. Significant form - Wikipedia

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    Significant form refers to an aesthetic theory developed by English art critic Clive Bell which specified a set of criteria for what qualified as a work of art. [1] In his 1914 book, Art, Bell postulated that for an object to be deemed a work of art it required potential to provoke aesthetic emotion in its viewer, a quality he termed ...