Contrasts and Correlations in Theory Assessment
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Contrasts and correlations in theory assessment.
OBJECTIVE To describe a systematic quantitative approach to assessing the predictions made by competing theories using contrasts and correlational indices of effect sizes. METHODS We illustrate the use of the contrast F and t to compare and combine predictions when the raw data are continuous scores, and z contrasts when working with frequencies in 2 x k tables of counts. RESULTS The tradit...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pediatric Psychology
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1465-735X
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/27.1.59