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Thompson, Bruce – Research in the Schools, 1998
Comments on discussions of statistical significance testing in this special issue, placing the articles in the context of contemporary research literature. Empirical evidence is cited that suggests that the American Psychological Association's policy of encouraging effect size reporting has had no appreciable effect on the research literature.…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Effect Size, Hypothesis Testing, Research Methodology
Download full textThompson, Bruce – 1994
Too few researchers understand what statistical significance testing does and does not do, and consequently their results are misinterpreted. This Digest explains the concept of statistical significance testing and discusses the meaning of probabilities, the concept of statistical significance, arguments against significance testing,…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Interpretation, Decision Making, Effect Size
