Brianna conducts a research study and finds that her results were statistically unlikely to have occurred merely by chance; that is, they were real outcomes and not a coincidental finding. When she writes a report of her findings, she will note that they were ________.

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Brianna's findings being unlikely to have occurred merely by chance indicates that they were statistically significant. This term is used to denote results that have a low probability of occurring if there were no real effect or difference, suggesting the observed outcomes are not due to random variation.

Brianna Conducts a Research Study and Finds That Her Results