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Download full textThompson, Bruce – 1995
Editorial practices revolving around tests of statistical significance are explored. The logic of statistical significance testing is presented in an accessible manner--many people who use statistical tests might not place such a premium on them if they knew what the tests really do, and what they do not do. The etiology of decades of misuse of…
Descriptors: Editing, Educational Assessment, Effect Size, Quality Control
Thompson, Bruce – 1994
Researchers too frequently consider the reliability of the scores they analyze, and this may lead to incorrect conclusions. Practice in this regard may be negatively influenced by telegraphic habits of speech implying that tests possess reliability and other measurement characteristics. Styles of speaking in journal articles, in textbooks, and in…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Editing, Jargon, Language Patterns
