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Statistical Pronouncements Ii, Shlomo S. Sawilowsky Nov 2003

Statistical Pronouncements Ii, Shlomo S. Sawilowsky

Theoretical and Behavioral Foundations of Education Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Deconstructing Arguments From The Case Against Hypothesis Testing, Shlomo S. Sawilowsky Nov 2003

Deconstructing Arguments From The Case Against Hypothesis Testing, Shlomo S. Sawilowsky

Theoretical and Behavioral Foundations of Education Faculty Publications

The main purpose of this article is to contest the propositions that (1) hypothesis tests should be abandoned in favor of confidence intervals, and (2) science has not benefited from hypothesis testing. The minor purpose is to propose (1) descriptive statistics, graphics, and effect sizes do not obviate the need for hypothesis testing, (2) significance testing (reporting p values and leaving it to the reader to determine significance) is subjective and outside the realm of the scientific method, and (3) Bayesian and qualitative methods should be used for Bayesian and qualitative research studies, respectively.


You Think You’Ve Got Trivials?, Shlomo S. Sawilowsky May 2003

You Think You’Ve Got Trivials?, Shlomo S. Sawilowsky

Theoretical and Behavioral Foundations of Education Faculty Publications

Effect sizes are important for power analysis and meta-analysis. This has led to a debate on reporting effect sizes for studies that are not statistically significant. Contrary and supportive evidence has been offered on the basis of Monte Carlo methods. In this article, clarifications are given regarding what should be simulated to determine the possible effects of piecemeal publishing trivial effect sizes.


Trivials: The Birth, Sale, And Final Production Of Meta-Analysis, Shlomo S. Sawilowsky May 2003

Trivials: The Birth, Sale, And Final Production Of Meta-Analysis, Shlomo S. Sawilowsky

Theoretical and Behavioral Foundations of Education Faculty Publications

The structure of the first invited debate in JMASM is to present a target article (Sawilowsky, 2003), provide an opportunity for a response (Roberts & Henson, 2003), and to follow with independent comments from noted scholars in the field (Knapp, 2003; Levin & Robinson, 2003). In this rejoinder, I provide a correction and a clarification in an effort to bring some closure to the debate. The intension, however, is not to rehash previously made points, even where I disagree with the response of Roberts & Henson (2003).


A Different Future For Social And Behavioral Science Research, Shlomo S. Sawilowsky May 2003

A Different Future For Social And Behavioral Science Research, Shlomo S. Sawilowsky

Theoretical and Behavioral Foundations of Education Faculty Publications

The dissemination of intervention and treatment outcomes as effect sizes bounded by conf idence intervals in order to think meta-analytically was promoted in a recent article in Educational Researcher. I raise concerns with unfettered reporting of effect sizes, point out the con in confidence interval, and caution against thinking meta-analytically. Instead, cataloging effect sizes is recommended for sample size estimation and power analysis to improve social and behavioral science research.


Statistical Pronouncements, Shlomo S. Sawilowsky May 2003

Statistical Pronouncements, Shlomo S. Sawilowsky

Theoretical and Behavioral Foundations of Education Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.