Lyric Lyric is a loosely defined term for a broad category of non-narrative, non-dramatic poetry, which was originally sung or recited with a musical instrument, called a lyre [see voice, sound]. Generally, lyric poets rely on personal experience, close relationships, and description of feelings as their material.t is perhaps no coincidence that a contemporary definition of lyric is the words of a popular song (OED), since in both poetry and music the words are illogically connected for sound not meaning. Drama has likewise had to redefine itself so that theatricality remains its essence (Fried; see objecthood).
Youâve heard it a million times, the idea is that if you have an estimate of .003 (on some reasonable scale in which 1 is a meaningful effect size) and a standard error of .001 then, yes, the estimate is statistically significant but itâs not practically significant.
If the p value falls below a conventionally accepted threshold (say .05), we might judge the result to be statistically significant. The substantive significance of a result, in contrast, has nothing to do with the p value and everything to do with the estimated effect size. Only when we know whether weâre dealing with a large or trivial sized effect, will we be able to interpret its meaning and so speak to the substantive significance of our results.