Statistical methods in psychology journals: Guidelines and explanations.

1999/08/01 by Leland Wilkinson, Task Force on Statistical Inference · 7 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Mathematics · Psychology · #Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods #Statistics Education and Methodologies #Cognitive Abilities and Testing #Psychology #Applied psychology

paper · doi:10.1037/0003-066x.54.8.594

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Abstract

In the light of continuing debate over the applications of significance testing in psychology journals and following the publication of Cohen (1994), the Board of Scientific Affairs (BSA) of the APA convened a committee called the Task Force on Statistical Inference (TFSI) whose charge was “to elucidate some of the controversial issues surrounding applications

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