The Role of Statistical Significance Testing In Educational Research

Keywords

Statistical significance, Statistical hypothesis testing, Significance testing, Psychology, Test (biology)

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• Empirically Based Criteria for Determining Meaningful Effect Size.J. Jackson Barnette, James E. McLean — 1999
• Gender Differences in Mathematics Self-Efficacy and Back Substitution in Multiple-Choice Assessment.Kristy Goodwin, Lee T. Ostrom, Karen Wilson Scott — 2009
• Avoiding Decision-Making by Chance: Protecting Effect Size EstimatesJ. Jackson Barnette, James E. McLean — 2000
• ACADEMIC AND ECONOMIC VALUATION OF CREDENTIAL ATTAINMENT: THE CONSEQUENCES OF DISPARATE PERCEPTIONS BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL AND GED STUDENTSL. M. Horne — 2007
• Are All Effect Sizes Created EqualJames E. McLean, Marcia R. O’Neal, J. Jackson Barnette — 2000
• Fight the Good Fight: A Response to Thompson, Knapp, and LevinJames M. Ernest, James E. McLean — 1998
• Towards an Extended Typology of Research Errors.Larry G. Daniel, Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie — 2000
• A National Survey of AERA Members' Perceptions of the Nature and Meaning of Statistical Significance Tests.Kathleen Cage Mittag — 1999
• JMASM19: A SPSS Matrix For Determining Effect Sizes From Three Categories: r And Functions Of r, Differences Between Proportions, And Standardized Differences Between MeansDavid A. Walker — 2005
• A Comparison Of Equivalence Testing In Combination With Hypothesis Testing And Effect SizesChristopher J. Mecklin — 2003
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• Typology of Analytical and Interpretational Errors in Quantitative and Qualitative Educational ResearchAnthony J. Onwuegbuzie, Larry G. Daniel — 2003
• Statistical prevarication: telling half truths using statisticsW. M. Keck — 2005
• What If There Were No More Bickering About Statistical Significance TestsJoel R. Levin — 1998
• On the Nature and Role of Hypothesis TestsAlan McLean — 2001
• Comments on the Statistical Significance Testing ArticlesThomas R. Knapp — 1998
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