I absolutely abhor the term "statistically reliable," which implies that a replication attempt is likely to be successful. Whether a replication attempt is likely to be successful is a function of the size of the effect, sample size, and control of extraneous variables, not of the value of p for prior research.
Cheers, Karl L. Wuensch -----Original Message----- From: don allen [mailto:dap...@shaw.ca] Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 5:28 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Polling... Hi Marc- Not only do I abhor the term "highly significant" I also dislike the term "significant". I always taught my students to use the term "statistically reliable" instead. "significant" implies that the results are important. That is a value judgement which should be made after careful consideration of a whole host of non-statistical factors. There was also a paper published a number of years ago (sorry, no reference and no access to the library right now) which showed that people ascribed more value to results which were labeled "significant" than those which were described as non-chance findings. -Don. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=25157 or send a blank email to leave-25157-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
