As journalist Ed Yong has reported, psychologists often goose up
the statistical significance of their research to get it published, while failed replication studies regularly get rejected by psychology journals.
Not exact matches
We conducted a systematic review
of studies examining the association
of industry sponsorship with the
statistical significance of results, effect sizes, and conclusions
of nutrition
research.
Since then, 95
research manuscripts have been posted to the preprint server arXiv discussing the hypothetical particle, even though the
statistical significance of the findings is low.
The journal Basic and Applied Social Psychology recently banned the use
of p - values and other
statistical methods to quantify uncertainty from
significance in
research results
The great advantage
of this
research is much higher
statistical significance, which is made possible by a large sample
of quasars in the SDSS.»
Psychologists at Purdue University's Ingestive Behavior
Research Center reported that relative to rats that ate yogurt sweetened with glucose (a simple sugar with 15 calories / teaspoon, the same as table sugar), rats given yogurt sweetened with zero - calorie saccharin later consumed more calories, gained more weight, put on more body fat, and didn't make up for it by cutting back later, all at levels
of statistical significance.
The abstract should be structured in accordance with the format: Introduction, which will include the objective or purpose
of the
research; Methodology, will include basic procedures (design, sample selection or cases, methods and techniques
of experimentation or observation and analysis); Results, main findings (give specific datas and their
statistical significance, when applicable) and Conclusions.
In this framework, a
research finding is less likely to be true when the studies conducted in a field are smaller; when effect sizes are smaller; when there is a greater number and lesser preselection
of tested relationships; where there is greater flexibility in designs, definitions, outcomes, and analytical modes; when there is greater financial and other interest and prejudice; and when more teams are involved in a scientific field in chase
of statistical significance.
Topics include (1) elements
of the
research process; (2) types
of designs, program evaluation; (3) ethical considerations
of research: informed consent,
research with diverse and vulnerable populations,
research with children, human subjects review; (4) basic measurement concepts: validity, reliability, norms, score interpretation; and (5) basic
statistical concepts: frequency distributions, central tendency, measures
of variability, correlation, normal curve, hypothesis testing,
significance tests.
This association lost
statistical significance after adjusting for children's behavioural difficulties at age 1 1/2 years, but did not much change, which may be due to the small number
of cases
of hyperactivity / inattention in our study and calls for additional
research in larger samples.