No, I wouldn't use it. This is NOT because I think that NHST is in any way superior to ES/CI. It is because the majority of articles that the students will be reading in the journals (and trying to understand) will have used NHST. In a perfect world a good text would explain how to interpret NHST findings and then go on to discuss the value of the ES/CI approach.
-Don. ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Palij <[email protected]> Date: Monday, February 20, 2012 8:13 am Subject: [tips] Quickie Poll On How to Teach Undergraduate Statistics To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Cc: Michael Palij <[email protected]> > Okay, I beg your indulgence and participation in an unscientific > poll where > you can either post your response to the TiPS list (for > discussion) or > email your response directly to me. I am finishing a book review > on an undergraduate statistics textbook that (a) attempts to eliminate > all null hypothesis signitifcance testing (NHST) in favor of focusing > on effect sizes (ES), confidence intervals (CI), and (old fashioned) > meta-analysis > and (b) encourages research on "statistical cognition" which, > accordingto the author, shows that teaching NHST causes greater > confusionin students than an ES/CI approach > . > Given that limited description, I'm going to make this into a > 2-alternative forced choice question: > > Would you use such a textbook as the main textbook in > the first/introductory statistics in psychology course? > > [ [ Yes > [ ] No > > Comments? > > If you care to, you might comment on whether current intro stat > textbooks do an adequate job of covering issues such as effect > sizes and confidence intervals (these days I use some version > of Gravetter and Wallnau which, in my opinion, do an adequate > job introducing the topics which I assume lay the foundation for > a more advanced undergraduate course in statistical methods). > > Thanks in advance for your cooperation. > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > > P.S. And, no, this not about procrastinating on finishing the book > review. Well, mostly it's not. ;-) > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13157.966b795bc7f3ccb35e3da08aebe98f18&n=T&l=tips&o=16147or > send a blank email to > leave-16147-13157.966b795bc7f3ccb35e3da08aebe98...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > Don Allen Retired professor Langara College --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=16151 or send a blank email to leave-16151-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
