Beyond Significance Testing Statistics Reform in the Behavioral Sciences

Name: Beyond Significance Testing Statistics Reform in the Behavioral Sciences
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ISBN: 9781433812781

ISBN-10: 1433812789

ISBN-13: 9781433812781

Edition: 2nd 2013

Authors: Rex B. Kline

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Traditional education in statistics that emphasizes significance testing leaves researchers and students ill prepared to understand what their results really mean. Specifically, most researchers and students who do not have strong quantitative backgrounds have difficulty understanding outcomes of statistical tests. As more and more people become aware of this problem, the emphasis on statistical significance in the reporting of results is declining. Increasingly, researchers are expected to describe the magnitudes and precisions of their findings and also their practical, theoretical, or clinical significance. This accessibly written book reviews the controversy about significance testing,…

Book details

Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 328
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.760



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Fundamental Concepts



Changing Times



Sampling and Estimation



Logic and Illogic of Significance Testing



Cognitive Distortions in Significance Testing



Effect Size Estimation in Comparative Studies



Continuous Outcomes



Categorical Outcomes



Single-Factor Designs



Multifactor Designs



Alternatives to Significance Testing



Replication and Meta-Analysis



Bayesian Estimation and Best Practices Summary


References


Index


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