Agreed. Just present a confidence interval for the effect size. If you wish, point out that the interval is very narrow, which, of course, corresponds to a very low p-value.
Cheers, Karl L. Wuensch -----Original Message----- From: Ken Steele [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 3:01 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Polling... The use is a highly irritating conflation of a dichotomous decision and an indication of effect size. Ken ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kenneth M. Steele, Ph. D. [email protected] Professor and Assistant Chairperson Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 4/22/2013 2:03 PM, Marc Carter wrote: > Hi, All -- > > A poll: > > Am I being too picky about the use of the phrase, "highly significant" > (or something similar) when it's used to describe a very > low-probability result? It sort of drives me crazy; all I can hear is > my graduate math stats teacher threatening to kill us if we ever said > something like that. I still read it in papers and it's like > fingernails on a chalkboard. > > But perhaps I should just chill out? > > What do you think? > > m > > -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, > Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts& Sciences > Baker University -- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13060.c78b93d4d09ef6235e9d494b3534420e&n=T&l=tips&o=25145 or send a blank email to leave-25145-13060.c78b93d4d09ef6235e9d494b35344...@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=25156 or send a blank email to leave-25156-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
