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Peer reviewedMorgan, Paul L. – Exceptionality, 2003
This article first outlines the logic of null hypothesis testing and the problems of using it to evaluate special education research. It then presents three alternative metrics, a binomial effect size display, a relative risk ratio, and an odds ratio, that can better identify important treatment effects using illustrative data from recently…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Hypothesis Testing
