Karl L. Wuensch writes (on 00/5/26)
> The APA's Task Force on Statistical Inference has published an
> article in the American Psychologist in which they present the
> changes they are planning on recommending be made in the APA
> Publication Manual. The citation is:
>
> Wilkinson, L. & Task Force on Statistical Inference. (1999).
> Statistical methods in psychology journals: Guidelines and
> explanations. American Psychologist, 54, 594-604.
This very interesting article was generated by an eminent group
of psychologists and statisticians: Robert Abelson, Leona Aiken,
Mark Appelbaum, Gwyneth Boodoo, Jacob Cohen, David A. Kenny,
Helena Kraemer, Robert Rosenthal, Donald Rubin, Bruce Thompson,
Howard Wainer, and Leland Wilkinson.
In addition, Lee Cronbach, Paul Meehl, Frederick Mosteller, and
John Tukey served as Senior Advisors to the Task Force and com-
mented on written materials.
The article is available online at
http://www.apa.org/journals/amp/amp548594.html
> This article should be interesting reading for anyone who
> teaches statistics, research methods, or any course in which
> students are expected to read original research articles or
> write a research proposal.
>
> I have posted a (biased?) summary of the article at:
>
> http://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/AP-Aug99.htm
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