But now, IDEAL is the first of these trials not to provide a statistically significant result.
This makes the rise of touch an important outgrowth of the BYOD phenomenon, and perhaps its most significant result.
He told an impromptu news conference that he expected his supporters could win a "significant result" in the election.
Lenovo's PC shipments in China grew eight percent year-over-year in the quarter, a significant result given that the overall China PC market was flat.
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But, as Dr Ioannidis points out, adhering to this standard means that simply examining 20 different hypotheses at random is likely to give you one statistically significant result.
Nine children showed greater than a 50% increase in annual rate of weight gain, a statistically significant result, but six children lost weight, perhaps because of disease progression or side effects of the medicine.
He thinks that it is entirely proper to look at the issue of cancer deaths, and he also thinks it's okay to pool all the data from all three trials, an approach that yields a highly statistically significant result.
While the participants engaged in much discussion there of Iraq, trade and other issues, the most significant result of the meeting may have been an agreement to ensure that Europes Galileo navigation system does not interfere with the frequencies used by Americas Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) system .
Although there are likely several reasons for this, and the sampling size might not qualify this as a statistically significant result, I would offer that if you approach a game with the idea of how to work around the rules of the game in increase your odds of winning while your opponents are simply following the rules, your chances of winning will dramatically improve.
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But hard to believe that anything significant could result from a little guessing game.
To qualify as statistically significant a result has, by convention, to have odds longer than one in 20 of being the result of chance.
The recent tourist trips are one small, but significant, result.
While you may be tired from lending your ear to clients, investors or employees, shutting out your significant other can result in resentment and bottled-up feelings.
Over the past week and a half we saw a significant increase in volatility and, as a result, a significant swing in sentiment toward fear.
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And repatriating this cash would result in significant tax consequences under current U.S. tax laws.
"Suffolk has sustained significant damage and significant hardship as a result of the storm, " he said.
It will be a substantial burden on international competitiveness and could result in significant job loss ( Platts).
If the probability is less than this magic 5% level, the result is significant, and thus, relevant to study.
At the same time, we also need to talk about the significant opportunities that would result from forward-looking change.
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Yet, failure to get it right could result in significant liability and expense.
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The firms said the merger will probably not result in significant workforce reductions.
Council planners have supported the application, saying the design was "innovative and attractive" and "would not result in significant harm".
So if we do our job well, there shouldn't be any significant losses as a result of the resolution process.
Other airports predicted to experience significant delays as a result of the furloughs include Newark Liberty in New Jersey, John F.
His replacement, Andrey Arshavin, would have a significant impact on the result.
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The bank has recently executed a number of FDIC assisted transactions which should result in significant cost savings from the acquired operations.
Considering that property tax revenue in Cook County is paid to 14-22 different agencies, individual, small increases result in significant financial burden.
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"It is likely that surgeons are unaware that next-day surgical performance may be compromised as a result of significant alcohol intake, " they write.
In summary, in our experience we have found that a comprehensive clean-up effort may result in significant recoveries and savings to funds going forward.
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