Researchers’ Intuitions About Power in Psychological Research
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Researchers’ Intuitions About Power in Psychological Research
Many psychology studies are statistically underpowered. In part, this may be because many researchers rely on intuition, rules of thumb, and prior practice (along with practical considerations) to determine the number of subjects to test. In Study 1, we surveyed 291 published research psychologists and found large discrepancies between their reports of their preferred amount of power and the ac...
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychological Science
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0956-7976,1467-9280
DOI: 10.1177/0956797616647519