寫在前面：小咖在找文章素材的時候，從一篇論文的引用文獻中發現了一篇很有意思的文章，題目爲“如果你的P值剛好和0.05擦肩而過，你會咋辦？”。看完之後，深感英文的文字遊戲也可以玩得這麼溜。

嘗試了各種合適的統計學方法，P值依然穩穩地略高於0.05，你應該得出結論“無統計學意義(non-significant)”，並這樣寫到文章裏。然而，對於很多作者來說，這並不是他們想尋找的答案：因爲感覺發布“陰性結果”的文章要比“陽性結果”的文章難呀。

很多人的解決方案就是採用由來已久的迂迴策略，將無統計學意義的結果裝扮地更有趣。下面這個列表，來自於同行評審期刊中的文章，這些文章的共同點是：（1）作者設定P0.05)

a strong tendency towards statistical significance (p=0.051)

significantly better overall (p=0.051)

slightly missed the margin of significance (p=0.051)

narrowly avoided significance (p=0.052)

not exactly significant (p=0.052)

a possible trend toward significance (p=0.052)

(barely) not statistically significant (p=0.052)

borderline level of statistical significance (p=0.053)

just lacked significance (p=0.053)

at the very edge of significance (p=0.053)

on the cusp of conventional statistical significance (p=0.054)

at the limit of significance (p=0.054)

close to being statistically significant (p=0.055)

not unequivocally significant (p=0.055)

noticeably significant (p=0.055)

on the boundary of significance (p=0.055)

very closely approaches the conventional significance level (p=0.055)

weakly statistically significant (p=0.0557)

better trends of improvement (p=0.056)

near to statistical significance (p=0.056)

just marginally significant (p=0.0562)

at the verge of significance (p=0.058)

just borderline significant (p=0.058)

hovered at nearly a significant level (p=0.058)

in the edge of significance (p=0.059)

on the threshold of significance (p=0.059)

virtually significant (p=0.059)

on the very borderline of significance (0.05

an observed trend (p=0.06)

approached near significance (p=0.06)

at the brink of significance (p=0.06)

barely outside the range of significance (p=0.06)

close to being significant (p=0.06)

equivocal significance (p=0.06)

just outside the traditional bounds of significance (p=0.06)

leaning towards statistical significance (p=0.06)

not as significant (p=0.06)

not currently significant (p=0.06)

slight non-significance (p=0.06)

slightly exceeded significance level (p=0.06)

tended to be significant (p=0.06)

almost significant tendency (p=0.06)

an inverse trend toward significance (p=0.06)

slightly failed to reach statistical significance (p=0.061)

slightly missed the conventional level of significance (p=0.061)

fell narrowly short of significance (p=0.0623)

near nominal significance (p=0.064)

not significant in the normally accepted statistical sense (p=0.064)

very nearly significant (p=0.0656)

closely approaches the statistical significance (p=0.0669)

barely failed to attain statistical significance (p=0.067)

slightly below the level of significance (p=0.068)

a considerable trend toward significance (p=0.069)

approaching clinical significance (p=0.07)

difference was apparent (p=0.07)

fell marginally short of significance (p=0.07)

just fails to reach conventional levels of statistical significance (p=0.07)

nearly reached a significant level (p=0.07)

slightly insignificant (p=0.07)

tendency toward statistical significance (p=0.07)

close to borderline significance (p=0.072)

a barely detectable statistically significant difference (p=0.073)

slightly outside the significance level (p=0.077)

did not quite reach conventional levels of statistical significance (p=0.079)

a trend close to significance (p=0.08)

an expected trend (p=0.08)

approaching, although not reaching, significance (p=0.08)

not significant in the formal statistical sense (p=0.08)

not very definitely significant from the statistical point of view (p=0.08)

almost non-significant (p=0.083)

not fully significant (p=0.085)

approaching a level of significance (p=0.089)

not highly significant (p=0.089)