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Peer reviewedDeal, James E.; Anderson, Edward R. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1995
Presentation of quantitative research on the family often suffers from a tendency to interpret findings on a statistical rather than substantive basis. Advocates the use of data analysis that lends itself to an intuitive understanding of the nature of the findings, the strength of the association, and the import of the result. (JPS)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Effect Size, Evaluation Methods, Goodness of Fit
Download full textThompson, Bruce; Melancon, Janet G. – 1990
Effect sizes have been increasingly emphasized in research as more researchers have recognized that: (1) all parametric analyses (t-tests, analyses of variance, etc.) are correlational; (2) effect sizes have played an important role in meta-analytic work; and (3) statistical significance testing is limited in its capacity to inform scientific…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Correlation, Effect Size
