دورية أكاديمية

Historical trends in reporting effect sizes in clinical neuropsychology journals: A call to venture beyond the results section.

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Historical trends in reporting effect sizes in clinical neuropsychology journals: A call to venture beyond the results section.
المؤلفون: Woods SP; Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX77204, USA., Mustafa A; Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX77204, USA., Beltran-Najera I; Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX77204, USA., Matchanova A; Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX77204, USA., Thompson JL; Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX77204, USA., Ridgely NC; Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX77204, USA.
المصدر: Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS [J Int Neuropsychol Soc] 2023 Nov; Vol. 29 (9), pp. 885-892. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Feb 10.
نوع المنشور: Journal Article
اللغة: English
بيانات الدورية: Publisher: Cambridge University Press Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9503760 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1469-7661 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 13556177 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Int Neuropsychol Soc Subsets: MEDLINE
أسماء مطبوعة: Publication: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
Original Publication: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press,
مواضيع طبية MeSH: Neuropsychology* , Periodicals as Topic*, Humans
مستخلص: Objective: For decades, quantitative psychologists have recommended that authors report effect sizes to convey the magnitude and potential clinical relevance of statistical associations. However, fewer than one-third of neuropsychology articles published in the early 2000s reported effect sizes. This study re-examines the frequency and extent of effect size reporting in neuropsychology journal articles by manuscript section and over time.
Methods: A sample of 326 empirical articles were drawn from 36 randomly selected issues of six neuropsychology journals at 5-year intervals between 1995 and 2020. Four raters used a novel, reliable coding system to quantify the extent to which effect sizes were included in the major sections of all 326 articles.
Results: Findings showed medium-to-large increases in effect size reporting in the Methods and Results sections of neuropsychology journal articles that plateaued in recent years; however, there were only very small and nonsignificant changes in effect size reporting in the Abstract, Introduction, and Discussion sections.
Conclusions: Authors in neuropsychology journals have markedly improved their effect size reporting in the core Methods and Results sections, but are still unlikely to consider these valuable metrics when motivating their study hypotheses and interpreting the conceptual and clinical implications of their findings. Recommendations are provided to encourage more widespread integration of effect sizes in neuropsychological research.
فهرسة مساهمة: Keywords: Bibliometrics; behavioral sciences; clinical neuropsychology; data interpretation; information science; statistical techniques
تواريخ الأحداث: Date Created: 20230210 Date Completed: 20231023 Latest Revision: 20231026
رمز التحديث: 20231027
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617723000127
PMID: 36762654
قاعدة البيانات: MEDLINE
الوصف
تدمد:1469-7661
DOI:10.1017/S1355617723000127