On what basis does the author conclude that NHST causes confusion? Educational research or experience-based but essentially pure opinion?
Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College -----Original Message----- From: Michael Palij <[email protected]> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) <[email protected]> Cc: Michael Palij <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Feb 20, 2012 8:13 am Subject: [tips] Quickie Poll On How to Teach Undergraduate Statistics Okay, I beg your indulgence and participation in an unscientific poll where ou can either post your response to the TiPS list (for discussion) or mail your response directly to me. I am finishing a book review n an undergraduate statistics textbook that (a) attempts to eliminate ll null hypothesis signitifcance testing (NHST) in favor of focusing n effect sizes (ES), confidence intervals (CI), and (old fashioned) eta-analysis nd (b) encourages research on "statistical cognition" which, according o the author, shows that teaching NHST causes greater confusion n students than an ES/CI approach iven that limited description, I'm going to make this into a -alternative forced choice question: Would you use such a textbook as the main textbook in he first/introductory statistics in psychology course? [ [ Yes ] No Comments? If you care to, you might comment on whether current intro stat extbooks do an adequate job of covering issues such as effect izes and confidence intervals (these days I use some version f Gravetter and Wallnau which, in my opinion, do an adequate ob introducing the topics which I assume lay the foundation for more advanced undergraduate course in statistical methods). Thanks in advance for your cooperation. -Mike Palij ew York University [email protected] P.S. And, no, this not about procrastinating on finishing the book eview. Well, mostly it's not. ;-) --- ou are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. o unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b878&n=T&l=tips&o=16147 r send a blank email to leave-16147-12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- 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=16156 or send a blank email to leave-16156-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
