overall significance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoverallandsignificance
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overall
adverb[before noun]
adjective
uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈrɔːl/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈɑːl/
in general rather than in particular, or including all the people or things in a particular group ...
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significance
noun[U]
uk/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kəns/us/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kəns/
importance:
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(Definition ofoverallandsignificancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Moreover, our model provides anoverallsignificancelevel for the association between the disease trait and a group or all of the haplotypes.
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By performing a whole set of linearity tests theoverallsignificancelevel is not under the control of the modeler.
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None of the added regression coefficients was significant, and theoverallsignificancelevels of the regressions decreased with the inclusion of the additional terms.
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Univariate tests were pursued only when the multivariate test indicatedoverallsignificancefor dependent variables significantly correlated with each other.
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Theoverallsignificanceof kin varies, however, according to whether children are cited in the network.
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If the same factors seem to influence different streams, this would strengthen confidence in theiroverallsignificance.
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Anoverallsignificancelevel of 5 % was used throughout.
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The coexistence of diverse investigative structures gave rise to diverse sets of facts, with no clear criteria for mediating among them and assessing theiroverallsignificance.
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I do not believe that reductions in taxation can take place in the context of shifting taxation from direct to indirect without any reduction in theoverallsignificanceof taxation.
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Nonetheless, the report recognises very firmly theoverallsignificanceof the environmental impact of those activities of the water authorities in every phase, as is stressed in paragraph 1.11.
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Their large number of suffixes changes both theoverallsignificanceof words and their subtle shades of meaning.
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Some of these numbers may have been exaggerated due to theoverallsignificanceof the battle.
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It is an analysis which only aims to define the "essence" of economic phenomena (i.e. what their true oroverallsignificanceis), based on a critical inspection of the evidence.
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People may be very unwilling to take risks and respond to opportunities, or they may take risks and opportunities without much regard for theiroverallsignificance.
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Although the small populations in these countries are of limitedoverallsignificance, the decline is a continuation of trend towards range contraction that has occurred over the last two centuries.
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