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Publication Date: 2012-Jul
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Statistical Methods Used in Gifted Education Journals, 2006-2010
Warne, Russell T.; Lazo, Maria; Ramos, Tammy; Ritter, Nicola
Gifted Child Quarterly, v56 n3 p134-149 Jul 2012
This article describes the statistical methods used in quantitative and mixed methods articles between 2006 and 2010 in five gifted education research journals. Results indicate that the most commonly used statistical methods are means (85.9% of articles), standard deviations (77.8%), Pearson's "r" (47.8%), X[superscript 2] (32.2%), ANOVA (30.7%), t tests (30.0%), and MANOVA (23.0%). Approximately half (53.3%) of the articles included reliability reports for the data at hand; Cronbach's alpha was the most commonly reported measure of reliability (41.5%). Some discussions of best statistical practice and implications for the field of gifted education are included. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Gifted, Multivariate Analysis, Periodicals, Statistical Analysis, Reliability, Educational Research
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