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Download full textBrem, Sarah K.; Boyes, Andrea J. – 2000
This digest complements guidelines addressing the mechanics of online searching by considering how treating information searches as exercises in critical thinking can improve our use of online resources. It addresses the use and application of metacognition, hypothesis testing, and augmentation. Improving metacognition means improving the ability…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Evaluation, Hypothesis Testing, Metacognition
Thompson, Bruce – 1994
Too few researchers understand what statistical significance testing does and does not do, and consequently their results are misinterpreted. This Digest explains the concept of statistical significance testing and discusses the meaning of probabilities, the concept of statistical significance, arguments against significance testing,…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Interpretation, Decision Making, Effect Size
