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Jane E. Miller – Numeracy, 2023
Students often believe that statistical significance is the only determinant of whether a quantitative result is "important." In this paper, I review traditional null hypothesis statistical testing to identify what questions inferential statistics can and cannot answer, including statistical significance, effect size and direction,…
Descriptors: Statistical Significance, Holistic Approach, Statistical Inference, Effect Size