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    This document discusses evaluating the significance of findings in two scenarios. For scenario 1, the p-value of 0.06 approaches but does not reach statistical significance at the typical 0.05 level. The sample sizes of 65 and 69 were small and the significance level was relaxed to 0.10. For scenario 3, statistical significance was found but the actual effect was very small, so the results may not have been meaningful despite reaching statistical significance. Significance levels of 0.05 or lower are typically used to determine if a relationship is likely due to chance.

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    This document discusses evaluating the significance of findings in two scenarios. For scenario 1, the p-value of 0.06 approaches but does not reach statistical significance at the typical 0.05 level. The sample sizes of 65 and 69 were small and the significance level was relaxed to 0.10. For scenario 3, statistical significance was found but the actual effect was very small, so the results may not have been meaningful despite reaching statistical significance. Significance levels of 0.05 or lower are typically used to determine if a relationship is likely due to chance.

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    This document discusses evaluating the significance of findings in two scenarios. For scenario 1, the p-value of 0.06 approaches but does not reach statistical significance at the typical 0.05 level. The sample sizes of 65 and 69 were small and the significance level was relaxed to 0.10. For scenario 3, statistical significance was found but the actual effect was very small, so the results may not have been meaningful despite reaching statistical significance. Significance levels of 0.05 or lower are typically used to determine if a relationship is likely due to chance.

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    Evaluating Significance of Findings Assignment

    Week 5 Assignment

    Dorothy Yun

    Walden University

    Evaluating Significance of Findings Assignment


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    For the purpose of this assignment I will evaluate scenario 1 and 3. As previously stated,

    exploratory research is conducted to not necessary provide final solutions but explore possible

    research questions or add relative information to the proposed problem. (Research Methodology,

    2017). If the authors claim their research as a meaningful contribution to the literature, that

    means that they reject the null hypothesis and indicate that the data supports the alternative. In

    general, the significance level is usually below 5% or .05. The p-level is the probability of

    obtaining a result when p<α. Lane (2017) states that the lower the significance level, the more

    data must diverge from the hypothesis.

    Scenario 1 “The p-value was slightly above conventional threshold, but was described as

    “rapidly approaching significance” (i.e., p =.06)”. The study concluded that students in qualitative

    reasoning classes have higher levels of satisfaction. The first question that I would raise is if p

    which is .06 approaches significance. If it does, then collecting data will reduce the standard

    error. The size of the samples were 65 traditional students and 69 online. The levels of

    significance were relaxed to .10 which means that the errorallowance is 10%. In this research

    study, the significance level is at 10%, which is significantly higher than the normal average. The

    significance value determines how far out the line on the graph will be from the null hypothesis

    value. The corresponding confidence level is 90%.

    Scenario 3 “Statistical significance is found in a study, but the effect in reality is very small

    (i.e., there was a very minor difference in attitude between men and women). Were the results

    meaningful?”. The sample size is 663 women and 650 men. In theory, the p value is a continuous

    measure of evidence, but in practice it is typically trichotomized approximately into highly

    significant, marginally significant, and not statistically significant at conventional levels, with

    cutoffs at p≤0.01, p≤0.05 and p>0.10 (Gelman, 2012). According to Cramer and Howitt (2004),

    The level at which the null hypothesis is rejected is usually set as 5 or fewer times out of 100. This
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    means that such a difference or relationship is likely to occur by chance 5 or fewer times out of

    100. This level is generally described as the proportion 0.05 and sometimes as the percentage 5%.

    (Gelman, 2012).

    References

    American Statistical Association (2016). Statistical significance and p-values. Retrieved

    from http://www.amstat.org/asa/files/pdfs/P
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    Gelman, A. (2012). The inevitable problems with statistical significance and 95% intervals,

    Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science, < http://andrewgelman.

    com/2012/02/02/the-inevitable-problems-with-statistical-significance-and-95-intervals/>.

    Lane, D. (2017). Significance level. Retrieved from http://davidmlane.com/

    hyperstat/A72117.html

    Research Methodology (2017). Exploratory research. Retrieved from https://research-

    methodology.net/research-methodology/research-design/exploratory-research/

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