How Often Are Our Statistics Wrong? A Statistics Class Exercise.

Rossi, Joseph S.

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Publication Date: 1987

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How Often Are Our Statistics Wrong? A Statistics Class Exercise.

Rossi, Joseph S.

Teaching of Psychology, v14 n2 p98-101 Apr 1987

Reports a class exercise which requires students to recalculate the Chi-squares, t-tests, and one-way ANOVAs found in published psychological research articles. Describes students' reaction to the exercise and provides data on the 13% error rate they discovered. (Author/JDH)

Descriptors: Error Patterns, Higher Education, Learning Activities, Psychology, Reliability, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Significance, Statistical Studies

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Language: English

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