The Importance of Drawing Meaningful Conclusions from Data: A Review of the Literature with Meta-Analytic Inquiry
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David A. Walker
Using correct statistical concepts is an important component when conducting quantitative research. Ideas such as power, effect size, and confidence intervals need to be addressed appropriately every time a research study is initiated. The intent of this review of the literature is to reacquaint faculty, practitioners, and graduate students with scholarly information pertaining to these important concepts to facilitate improved implementation of quantitative research designs. Practical cases are interwoven within the review to furnish examples of concept importance, and a meta-analysis of concept usage found in articles published in the NASPA Journal is provided as a measure for implications.
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Articles in the same Issue
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- Understanding Retention and College Student Bodies: Differences Between Drop-Outs, Stop-Outs, Opt-Outs, and Transfer-Outs
- Pushing the Boulder Uphill: The Persistence of First-Generation College Students
- The Extent to Which Four-Year College Presidents who Previously Served as Senior Student Affairs Officers Report Having the Characteristics of Effective Presidents
- The Importance of Drawing Meaningful Conclusions from Data: A Review of the Literature with Meta-Analytic Inquiry
- Graduate Student Orientation Practices: Results from a National Survey
- Campus-Based Women's Centers: Administration, Structure, and Resources
- The Contemporary Student Center: Challenges at Metropolitan Universities
- Tracing "Friendsickness" During the First Year of College Through Journal Writing: A Qualitative Study
- In Their Own Voices: Latino Student Retention
- College Students and Academic Performance: A Case of Taking Control
- Letter from the Editors
- Table of Contents
- NASPA Journal, Spring 2004, Voume 41, Number 3
Articles in the same Issue
- Article
- Understanding Retention and College Student Bodies: Differences Between Drop-Outs, Stop-Outs, Opt-Outs, and Transfer-Outs
- Pushing the Boulder Uphill: The Persistence of First-Generation College Students
- The Extent to Which Four-Year College Presidents who Previously Served as Senior Student Affairs Officers Report Having the Characteristics of Effective Presidents
- The Importance of Drawing Meaningful Conclusions from Data: A Review of the Literature with Meta-Analytic Inquiry
- Graduate Student Orientation Practices: Results from a National Survey
- Campus-Based Women's Centers: Administration, Structure, and Resources
- The Contemporary Student Center: Challenges at Metropolitan Universities
- Tracing "Friendsickness" During the First Year of College Through Journal Writing: A Qualitative Study
- In Their Own Voices: Latino Student Retention
- College Students and Academic Performance: A Case of Taking Control
- Letter from the Editors
- Table of Contents
- NASPA Journal, Spring 2004, Voume 41, Number 3
