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ERIC Number: EJ449975
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0271-1214
Large-Group Fantasies versus Single-Subject Science.
Da Prato, Robert A.
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, v12 n1 p54-65 Spr 1992
This paper argues that judgment-based assessment of data from multiply replicated single-subject or small-N studies should replace normative-based (p=less than 0.05) assessment of large-N research in the clinical sciences, and asserts that inferential statistics should be abandoned as a method of evaluating clinical research data. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluative Thinking, Norms, Research Design, Research Methodology, Sampling, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Inference, Statistical Significance, Statistics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Single Subject Research Design
Note: Theme Issue: Controversies in Early Intervention: Part 2.