Journal article
Searching for Reliable Relationships With Statistics Packages: An Empirical Example of the Potential Problems
Abstract
Many social scientists appear to possess an overconfidence in the reliability of research results from a single, small-sample, inferential study. In this article, the authors speculate that "user-friendly" statistics packages have the potential to exacerbate statistical misinterpretation by providing researchers with a tool to explore data easily and identify what is interpreted as "reliable" relationships. This article contains an empirical …
Authors
Riniolo TC; Schmidt LA
Journal
The Journal of Psychology, Vol. 134, No. 2, pp. 143–151
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
3 2000
DOI
10.1080/00223980009600857
ISSN
0022-3980