By comparing the R measured for the original unscrambled image with this distribution we determine whether significant colocalization exists for a predefined probability for significance (Students t distribution).
Medical statisticians cautioned that such raw data would have to be analyzed further to determine whether significant differences existed.
The defense secretary has repeatedly declined to discuss whether significant numbers of ground forces will be ordered into Afghanistan.
But whether significant numbers of these people had registered over the past month, and whether a critical mass of those would be voting yes, was in dispute.
Ultimately, whether significant changes are warranted should depend on whether the central bank's interventions in fact aggravated the recent crisis, as they aggravated the crisis of the 1930s.
Even if the next president and Congress can muster the political will, analysts question whether significant savings would materialize in as little as four years, or even in 10.
Not bad for a few days' work, and could be a relatively nice earner… But whether significant numbers of iPad users will renew the £9.99 subscription each month, after that first-week flurry of app excitement, remains to be seen.
Oil companies and regional experts wonder whether significant new oil and gas reservoirs will be opened to foreign investment, whether onerous laws and tax codes will be reworked and whether persistent corruption can be reduced.
Analysis of variance was applied to determine whether significant differences existed among the groups.
Hence, biologists are then able to conduct biodiversity time series analysis to assess whether significant fluctuations in biodiversity occur.
To investigate whether significant differences between the data from different monitoring campaigns exist, Wilcoxon signed-rank test were applied.
