  When a scientist performs an experiment they normally acquire a set of
measurements and are expected to demonstrate that their results are
"statistically significant" thus confirming whatever hypothesis they are
testing. The main method for establishing statistical significance involves
demonstrating that there is a low probability that the observed experimental
results were the product of random chance. This is typically defined as p <
0.05, which indicates there is less than a 5% chance that the observed results
occurred randomly. This research study visually demonstrates that the commonly
used definition for "statistical significance" can erroneously imply a
significant finding. This is demonstrated by generating random Gaussian noise
data and analyzing that data using statistical testing based on the established
two-sample t-test. This study demonstrates that insignificant yet
"statistically significant" findings are possible at moderately large sample
sizes which are very common in many fields of modern science.
