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Peer reviewedThompson, Bruce – Educational Researcher, 1996
Reviews practices regarding tests of statistical significance and policies of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Decades of misuse of statistical significance testing are described, and revised editorial policies to improve practice are highlighted. Correct interpretation of statistical tests, interpretation of effect sizes, and…
Descriptors: Editing, Educational Research, Effect Size, Statistical Significance
Peer reviewedThompson, Bruce – Educational Researcher, 1997
Argues that describing results as "significant" rather than "statistically significant" is confusing to the very people most apt to misinterpret this telegraphic wording. The importance of reporting the effect size and the value of both internal and external replicability analyses are stressed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Editing, Educational Research, Effect Size, Scholarly Journals
Peer reviewedRobinson, Daniel H.; Levin, Joel R. – Educational Researcher, 1997
Proposes modifications to the recent suggestions by B. Thompson (1996) for an American Educational Research Association editorial policy on statistical significance testing. Points out that, although it is useful to include effect sizes, they can be misinterpreted, and argues, as does Thompson, for greater attention to replication in educational…
Descriptors: Editing, Educational Research, Effect Size, Research Methodology
