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ERIC Number: EJ283395
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1983-Apr
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The Relative Importance of Low Significance Level and High Power in Multiple Tests of Significance.
Westermann, Rainer; Hager, Willi
Perceptual and Motor Skills, v56 n2 p407-13 Apr 1983
Two psychological experiments--Anderson and Shanteau (1970), Berkowitz and LePage (1967)--are reanalyzed to present the problem of the relative importance of low Type 1 error probability and high power when answering a research question by testing several statistical hypotheses. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Hypothesis Testing, Power (Statistics), Research Design, Statistical Significance, Statistics, Test Interpretation, Testing Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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