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• MARGINAL SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL OF TEST-STATISTICS
  
  The probability distribution used to test the hypothesis that the beta coefficient does not equal zero. A T-statistic of approximately 1.65 reflects a 0.90 or 90% confidence and the mar ginal significance is 1-0.90 = 0.1 or 10%.
  
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