What Statistical Significance Testing Is, and What It Is Not.

Shaver, James P.

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ERIC Number: EJ475198

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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What Statistical Significance Testing Is, and What It Is Not.

Shaver, James P.

Journal of Experimental Education, v61 n4 p293-316 Sum 1993

Reviews the role of statistical significance testing, and argues that dominance of such testing is dysfunctional because significance tests do not provide the information that many researchers assume they do. Possible reasons for the persistence of statistical significance testing are discussed briefly, and ways to moderate negative effects are suggested. (SLD)

Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Research Design, Research Methodology, Research Problems, Scholarly Journals, Statistical Significance

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Theme issue title: "Statistical Significance Testing in Contemporary Practice: Some Proposed Alternatives with Comments from Journal Editors."