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Peer reviewedShine, Lester C. II – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1980
When reporting results, researchers must not change predetermined significance levels. Such attempts to make results more significant are statistically inaccurate, illogical, and unethical. American Psychological Association standards for reporting significance should be more explicit. (CP)
Descriptors: Ethics, Hypothesis Testing, Research Design, Research Reports
Peer reviewedKirk, Roger E. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2001
Makes the case that science is best served when researchers focus on the size of effects and their practical significance. Advocates the use of confidence intervals for deciding whether chance or sampling variability is an unlikely explanation for an observed effect. Calls for more emphasis on effect sizes in the next edition of the American…
Descriptors: Effect Size, Hypothesis Testing, Psychology, Research Reports
