When people used to make comments about their results "approaching significance," Bruce Thompson, one of my former professors used to ask, "How do you know your results are not trying to *avoid* significance?" Check out some of his articles for some good articles on statistical significance testing. Go to www.tamu.edu/epsy and follow the links to his personal homepage for citations.
______________________________________________ Roderick D. Hetzel, Ph.D. Department of Psychology LeTourneau University Post Office Box 7001 2100 South Mobberly Avenue Longview, Texas 75607-7001 Office: Education Center 218 Phone: 903-233-3893 Fax: 903-233-3851 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.letu.edu/people/rodhetzel > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Flint [mailto:flintr@;mail.strose.edu] > Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 6:40 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences > Subject: Marginally Significant? > > > One of my students doing her senior thesis ran her stats and > got results of .056 and .08 for two different ANOVAs. In the > past I have seen published studies indicating that these are > "marginally significant." How do you deal with results of > this nature? More importantly, do you have any citations > (journals or books) that discuss the value of > including/discussing results that seem to "approach significance"? > > Thanks, > > Rob Flint > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Robert W. Flint, Jr., Ph.D. > The College of Saint Rose > Department of Psychology > 432 Western Avenue > Albany, NY 12203-1490 > > Office: 518-458-5379 > Lab: 518-454-2102 > Fax: 518-458-5446 > > Behavioral Neuroscience Homepage: > http://academic.strose.edu/academic/flintr/ > Department of > Psychology Homepage: > http://academic.strose.edu/academic/psychology> /index.htm > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
