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The word data wears to look important when it just means probably-not-an-accident.
means Important, meaningful, or large enough to matter — and in statistics, unlikely to be due to random chance.
from From Latin significare, to signify, built from signum (sign) plus facere (to make) — literally to make a sign, to point at meaning.
Statistical trapSignificant means real, not necessarily big or useful.
Magic numberThe p-value below 0.05 became science's arbitrary gatekeeper.
Sign rootsShares ancestry with signature, design, and assign.