-----Original Message----- From: Rob Flint [mailto:flintr@;mail.strose.edu] Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 9:43 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: RE: Marginally Significant?
Marty, Would you mind posting the citation for Abelson's text. I am unfamiliar with it and would like to take a look at this chapter. Cheers, Rob Sure, it's a wonderful book and I'm using it in my graduate stat class this semester. Abelson, R.P. (1995) Statistics as principled argument. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. ------------------------------------------------------------- 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 > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin J. Bourgeois [mailto:MartyB@;uwyo.edu] > Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 11:38 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences > Subject: RE: Marginally Significant? > > > I like Bob Abelson's advice about this: report the alpha level (e..g, > .05) along with the observed p value (.056) and the effect size, and let > the journal editor and reader decide what to make of it. Abelson has a > great explanation of the topic in Chapter 4 of his great book, > Statistics As Principled Argument. He also discusses John Tukey's > suggestion that we call results between p=.05 and p=.15 as leaning > toward significance, and results from p=.15 to p=.25 as hinting toward > significance. Thinking in this way avoids what Abelson calls categoritis > regarding statistical tests and gets students to think about what > statistics do. > > Marty Bourgeois > University of Wyoming > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Flint [mailto:flintr@;mail.strose.edu] > Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 5:40 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] > --- 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]
