Educational Interventions Need to Be Defined Precisely

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  • Kieran Walsh
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As a final point the authors state that the small size of the study was a potential limitation, but here I would disagree. They state that “increasing sample size would make small differences significant” – but that exactly what the researchers should be avoiding. A large sample might show an improvement that was statistically significant, but not clinically or educationally significant. For this reason, smaller samples are often best in this form of research.

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عنوان ژورنال:

دوره 34  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013