Beyond Significance Testing
Statistics Reform in the Behavioral Sciences
2nd Edition
Will be published approx. on 15. March 2013
Book
Hardback
348 pages
978-1-4338-1278-1 (ISBN)
Description
This accessibly written book reviews the controversy about significance testing, which has now crossed various disciplines as diverse as psychology, ecology, commerce, education, and biology, among others. It also introduces readers to alternative methods, especially effect size estimation (at both the group and case levels) and interval estimation (confidence intervals) in comparative studies. Basics of bootstrapping and Bayesian estimation are also considered.
Research examples from substance abuse, education, learning, and other areas illustrate how to apply these methods.
A companion website (www.apa.org/books/resources/kline) promotes learning by providing chapter exercises and sample answers, downloadable raw data files for many research examples, and links to other useful websites.
Research examples from substance abuse, education, learning, and other areas illustrate how to apply these methods.
A companion website (www.apa.org/books/resources/kline) promotes learning by providing chapter exercises and sample answers, downloadable raw data files for many research examples, and links to other useful websites.
More details
Edition
Second Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Washington DC
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4338-1278-1 (9781433812781)
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Person
Rex B. Kline, PhD, is a professor of psychology at Concordia University in Montr amp eacute al, Canada. He has a doctorate in clinical psychology. His areas of research and writing include the psychometric evaluation of cognitive abilities, cognitive and scholastic assessment of children, structural equation modeling, the training of behavioral science researchers, and usability engineering in computer science. He has published six books and nine chapters in these areas.
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. Fundamental Concepts
Changing Times
Sampling and Estimation
Logic and Illogic of Significance Testing
Cognitive Distortions in Significance Testing
II. Effect Size Estimation in Comparative Studies
Continuous Outcomes
Categorical Outcomes
Single-Factor Designs
Multifactor Designs
III. Alternatives to Significance Testing
Replication and Meta-Analysis
Bayesian Estimation and Best Practices Summary
References
Index
About the Author
Introduction
I. Fundamental Concepts
Changing Times
Sampling and Estimation
Logic and Illogic of Significance Testing
Cognitive Distortions in Significance Testing
II. Effect Size Estimation in Comparative Studies
Continuous Outcomes
Categorical Outcomes
Single-Factor Designs
Multifactor Designs
III. Alternatives to Significance Testing
Replication and Meta-Analysis
Bayesian Estimation and Best Practices Summary
References
Index
About the Author