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Thompson, Bruce; Kieffer, Kevin M. – Research in the Schools, 2000
Proposes and illustrates a new method by which "what if" analyses can be conducted using estimated true population effects. Use of these "what if" methods may prevent authors with large sample sizes from overinterpreting their small effects once they see that the small effects would no longer have been statistically significant with only a…
Descriptors: Effect Size, Research Reports, Sample Size, Statistical Significance
