Damaging Real Lives through Obstinacy: Re-Emphasising Why Significance Testing is Wrong
Work
Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: This paper reminds readers of the absurdity of statistical significance testing, despite its continued widespread use as a supposed method for analysing numeric data. There have been complaints about ... more
Source: Sociological Research Online
Author Stephen Gorard
Institution Durham University
Cites: 72
Cited by: 23
Related to: 10
FWCI: 1.908
Citation percentile (by year/subfield): 87.68
Subfield: General Decision Sciences
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Sustainable Development Goal No poverty
Open Access status: green