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Stimulus as a random factor in analysis of variance: Increasing the generalizability of findings

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All too often inadequate experimental designs and/or faulty statistical analyses preclude generalization of findings. The authors of this paper discuss the need, in designing studies having educational variables, to give more attention to recognizing the universe of generalization and to incorporating into the design a variable that represents this universe. They further recommend that data analytic techniques, in turn, treat the levels of this variable as randomly selected from the universe.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Central Michigan University, 48859, Mt. Pleasant, MI

    Daniel W. King (Assistant Professor)

  2. Central Michigan University, 48859, Mount Pleasant, MI

    Lynda A. King (Assistant Professor of Psychology)

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King, D.W., King, L.A. Stimulus as a random factor in analysis of variance: Increasing the generalizability of findings. ECTJ 27, 179–184 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02765449

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