Which of the following statements is true?
A) Significance is better than meaningfulness.
B) Meaningfulness is better than significance.
C) Both significance and meaningfulness are equal in value.
D) Neither significance nor meaningfulness is important in a study.

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Meaningfulness is more important than statistical significance because statistical significance only tells us that a result is unlikely to have occurred by chance, whereas meaningfulness tells us whether the result is important or relevant in practical terms. A result may be statistically significant but not meaningful, and vice versa.

Which of the Following Statements Is True