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Failure to Report Effect Sizes: The Handling of Quantitative Results in Published Health Education and Behavior Research
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Barry, Adam E.; Szucs, Leigh E.; Reyes, Jovanni V.; Ji, Qian; Wilson, Kelly L.; Thompson, Bruce – Health Education & Behavior, 2016
Given the American Psychological Association's strong recommendation to always report effect sizes in research, scholars have a responsibility to provide complete information regarding their findings. The purposes of this study were to (a) determine the frequencies with which different effect sizes were reported in published, peer-reviewed…
Descriptors: Effect Size, Periodicals, Professional Associations, Journal Articles
Statistical Techniques Used in Published Articles: A Historical Review of Reviews
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Skidmore, Susan Troncoso; Thompson, Bruce – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2010
The purpose of the present study is to provide a historical account and metasynthesis of which statistical techniques are most frequently used in the fields of education and psychology. Six articles reviewing the "American Educational Research Journal" from 1969 to 1997 and five articles reviewing the psychological literature from 1948 to 2001…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Meta Analysis, Synthesis, Statistical Studies
Interpreting the Evidence for Effective Interventions to Increase the Academic Performance of Students with ADHD: Relevance of the Statistical Significance Controversy
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Harrison, Judith; Thompson, Bruce; Vannest, Kimberly J. – Review of Educational Research, 2009
This article reviews the literature on interventions targeting the academic performance of students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and does so within the context of the statistical significance testing controversy. Both the arguments for and against null hypothesis statistical significance tests are reviewed. Recent standards…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Academic Achievement, Statistical Significance, Effect Size
Statistical Techniques Employed in "AERJ" and "JCP" Articles from 1998 to 1997: A Methodological Review.
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Kieffer, Kevin M.; Reese, Robert J.; Thompson, Bruce – Journal of Experimental Education, 2001
Investigated the patterns of statistical usage and reporting in 756 articles published in the "American Educational Research Journal" (AERJ) and the "Journal of Counseling Psychology" (JCP) over 10 years. Evaluated the analytic practices used. Also discusses changes that may be necessary to improve statistics in behavioral…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Psychological Studies, Research Methodology, Scholarly Journals
Statistical Significance and Effect Size Reporting: Portrait of a Possible Future.
Thompson, Bruce – Research in the Schools, 1998
Comments on discussions of statistical significance testing in this special issue, placing the articles in the context of contemporary research literature. Empirical evidence is cited that suggests that the American Psychological Association's policy of encouraging effect size reporting has had no appreciable effect on the research literature.…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Effect Size, Hypothesis Testing, Research Methodology
Common Methodology Mistakes in Dissertations, Revisited.
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Thompson, Bruce – 1994
Dissertations are an important component of the effort to generate knowledge. Thus, dissertation quality may be seen by accreditation and coordinating-board reviewers as a noteworthy reflection on the quality of doctoral programs themselves. The present study reviews methodological errors within Ph.D. dissertations. The illustrative errors are…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Case Studies, Doctoral Dissertations, Error Patterns