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The Significance Test Controversy - A Reader (Hardcover)
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The Significance Test Controversy - A Reader (Hardcover)
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Tests of significance have been a key tool in the research kit of
behavioral scientists for nearly fifty years, but their widespread
and uncritical use has recently led to a rising volume of
controversy about their usefulness. This book gathers the central
papers in this continuing debate, brings the issues into clear
focus, points out practical problems and philosophical pitfalls
involved in using the tests, and provides a benchmark from which
further analysis can proceed.The papers deal with some of the basic
philosophy of science, mathematical and statistical assumptions
connected with significance tests and the problems of the
interpretation of test results, but the work is essentially
non-technical in its emphasis. The collection succeeds in raising a
variety of questions about the value of the tests; taken together,
the questions present a strong case for vital reform in test use,
if not for their total abandonment in research.The book is designed
for practicing researchers-those not extensively trained in
mathematics and statistics that must nevertheless regularly decide
if and how tests of significance are to be used-and for those
training for research. While controversy has been centered in
sociology and psychology, and the book will be especially useful to
researchers and students in those fields, its importance is great
across the spectrum of the scientific disciplines in which
statistical procedures are essential-notably political science,
economics, and the other social sciences, education, and many
biological fields as well.Denton E. Morrison is professor,
Department of Sociology, Michigan State University.Ramon E. Henkel
is associate professor emeritus, Department of Sociology University
of Maryland. He teaches as part of the graduate faculty.
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