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Are Small Effects the Indispensable Foundation for a Cumulative Psychological Science? A Reply to Götz et al. (2022).
| العنوان: | Are Small Effects the Indispensable Foundation for a Cumulative Psychological Science? A Reply to Götz et al. (2022). |
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| المؤلفون: | Primbs MA; Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University., Pennington CR; School of Psychology, Aston University.; Institute of Health and Neurodevelopment, Aston University., Lakens D; Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences, School of Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology., Silan MAA; Annecy Behavioral Science Lab, Menthon-Saint-Bernard, France.; Development, Individual, Process, Handicap, and Education Research Unit, Université Lumière Lyon 2.; Social and Political Psychology Research Lab, University of the Philippines Diliman., Lieck DSN; Independent Researcher., Forscher PS; Research and Innovation Division, Busara Center for Behavioral Economics, Nairobi, Kenya., Buchanan EM; Analytics, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology., Westwood SJ; Department of Psychology, School of Social Science, University of Westminster. |
| المصدر: | Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science [Perspect Psychol Sci] 2023 Mar; Vol. 18 (2), pp. 508-512. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Sep 20. |
| نوع المنشور: | Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Sage Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101274347 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1745-6924 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 17456916 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Perspect Psychol Sci Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Publication: 2010- : Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Original Publication: [Washington, D.C.] : Association for Psychological Science, 2006- |
| مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Psychology*, Humans |
| مستخلص: | In the January 2022 issue of Perspectives , Götz et al. argued that small effects are "the indispensable foundation for a cumulative psychological science." They supported their argument by claiming that (a) psychology, like genetics, consists of complex phenomena explained by additive small effects; (b) psychological-research culture rewards large effects, which means small effects are being ignored; and (c) small effects become meaningful at scale and over time. We rebut these claims with three objections: First, the analogy between genetics and psychology is misleading; second, p values are the main currency for publication in psychology, meaning that any biases in the literature are (currently) caused by pressure to publish statistically significant results and not large effects; and third, claims regarding small effects as important and consequential must be supported by empirical evidence or, at least, a falsifiable line of reasoning. If accepted uncritically, we believe the arguments of Götz et al. could be used as a blanket justification for the importance of any and all "small" effects, thereby undermining best practices in effect-size interpretation. We end with guidance on evaluating effect sizes in relative, not absolute, terms. |
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| فهرسة مساهمة: | Keywords: benchmarks; effect sizes; practical significance; small effects; statistical inference |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20220920 Date Completed: 20230320 Latest Revision: 20230424 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20240628 |
| مُعرف محوري في PubMed: | PMC10018048 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/17456916221100420 |
| PMID: | 36126652 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 1745-6924 |
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| DOI: | 10.1177/17456916221100420 |