I still emphasize this in my classes. I do not like "significance" used without
"statistical" before, as I find this soon leads to such statements, and other,
unwarranted inferences. However, other colleagues and editors apparently feel
that the context of such use (results sections, etc.) is sufficient
justification. We recently had our annual departmental poster session where
students presented their research and almost all posters did not make any such
qualifications in their use of "significant" findings. Of course, a highly
significant observation eh?
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From: "Marc Carter" <marc.car...@bakeru.edu>
To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 2:03:04 PM
Subject: [tips] Polling...
Hi, All --
A poll:
Am I being too picky about the use of the phrase, "highly significant" (or
something similar) when it's used to describe a very low-probability result?
It sort of drives me crazy; all I can hear is my graduate math stats teacher
threatening to kill us if we ever said something like that. I still read it in
papers and it's like fingernails on a chalkboard.
But perhaps I should just chill out?
What do you think?
m
--
Marc Carter, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology
Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences
College of Arts & Sciences
Baker University
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