Chance to hit with spells

[Lissa]

I'm sure level difference causes spell misses.

But, this URL:
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/basi...ances.html
seems to clearly indicate that magical resistance can cause a direct-damage spell to be resisted entirely (besides some possibility of causing 0% damage.)

So you're saying that +%to-hit  doesn't affect the 'resist-altogether' possibility of a spell?  That 'resist-spell' is NOT what we're calling a 'spell miss'?

Because, you see, it sure looks like magical resistance can bring about a binary 'miss', from the above URL....
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There are two resists, white resist (a miss) and yellow resist (spell resistance). spell to hit helps against white resist, spell penetration helps against yellow resist.