Results that are "statistically significant" may not be of interest to the scientific community because
A) the study's methodology was poor.
B) the results have little external validity.
C) the treatment effect is too small to be of practical value.
D) any of these reasons

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Statistical significance does not necessarily imply practical significance, relevance, or methodological soundness. A result can be statistically significant but still be of little interest if the study was poorly designed (A), if the results are not generalizable to other settings or populations (B), or if the effect size is too small to be considered important (C).

Results That Are "Statistically Significant" May Not Be of Interest