Current Research and Statistical Practices in Sport Science and a Need for Change.

ABSTRACT: Current research ideologies in sport science allow for the possibility of investigators producing statistically significant results to help fit the outcome into a predetermined theory. Additionally, under the current Neyman-Pearson statistical structure, some argue that null hypothesis significant testing (NHST) under the frequentist approach is flawed, regardless. For example, a p-value is unable to measure the probability that the studied hypothesis is true, unable to measure the size of an effect or the importance of a result, and unable to provide a good measure of evidence regarding a model or hypothesis. Many of these downfalls are key questions researchers strive to answer following an investigation. Therefore, a shift towards a magnitude-based inference model, and eventually a full

SUBMITTER: Bernards JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5969020 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature