Statistical Significance Testing from Three Perspectives and Interpreting Statistical Significance and Nonsignificance and the Role of Statistics in Research.

Levin, Joel R.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ475203

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0973

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Statistical Significance Testing from Three Perspectives and Interpreting Statistical Significance and Nonsignificance and the Role of Statistics in Research.

Levin, Joel R.; And Others

Journal of Experimental Education, v61 n4 p378-93 Sum 1993

Journal editors respond to criticisms of reliance on statistical significance in research reporting. Joel R. Levin ("Journal of Educational Psychology") defends its use, whereas William D. Schafer ("Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development") emphasizes the distinction between statistically significant and important. William Asher ("Journal of Experimental Education") comments on preceding discussions. (SLD)

Descriptors: Editing, Editors, Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing, Research Methodology, Research Reports, Scholarly Journals, Statistical Significance, Statistics

Publication Type: Collected Works - General; Opinion Papers; 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."

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