Three Strategies for the Critical Use of Statistical Methods in Psychological Research.

ABSTRACT: We present three strategies to replace the null hypothesis statistical significance testing approach in psychological research: (1) visual representation of cognitive processes and predictions, (2) visual representation of data distributions and choice of the appropriate distribution for analysis, and (3) model comparison. The three strategies have been proposed earlier, so we do not claim originality. Here we propose to combine the three strategies and use them not only as analytical and reporting tools but also to guide the design of research. The first strategy involves a visual representation of the cognitive processes involved in solving the task at hand in the form of a theory or model together with a representation of a pattern of predictions for each condition. The second approach

SUBMITTER: Campitelli G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5965637 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature