significance testing
type: Concept
definition: Significance testing provides objective rules for determining whether a researcher's hypotheses are supported by the data. The need for objectivity arises from the fact that the hypotheses refer to values for populations of interest, whereas the data come from samples of varying reliability in representing the populations. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods; Significance Testing]
broader: data mining

data mining
type: Concept
narrower: significance testing

methods
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: significance testing