Questions tagged [reporting]
Guidelines for presenting results of a statistical analysis in a research manuscript, presentation, or for general public.
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Representing growth in learning outcomes
The average score of my class of students at the beginning of the year was 50/100 and at the end of the year, it was 80/100.
The percentage growth is 60%.
Can I write there is 1.6x growth in average ...
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Notation to report the measurement of a parameter
The estimation of a parameter ($p$) is customary reported in Physics and other fields with,
$ p = \hat{p} \pm \Delta p$,
where $\hat{p}$ is an estimator, and $[\hat{p} - \Delta p, \hat{p} + \Delta p]$ ...
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How to report ANOVA results when comparing to negative binomial models?
I want to report the results of an ANOVA test used to compare two negative binomial models in R:
anova(model1, model2, test = "Chi")
I receive the ...
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Can/should a scientific paper simultaneously perform one-sided hypothesis testing and a two-sided confidence interval?
Let's say you wish to perform a one-sided hypothesis test in which you want to reject $H_0: \Delta \leq 0$ in favor of $H_1: \Delta >0$. You select this hypothesis test specifically because you are ...
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Reporting results for time-invariant predictors in latent growth curve models
I am results for reporting a time invariant predictor of the intercept and slope factors within a latent growth model, adjusted for covariates such as age and sex. My dependent variables and ...
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Statistical Modelling Research Papers
My task was to make a logistic regression model for a dataset to predict a binary variable (0/1). During this process I went through all of the stages of model building, from scratch given unprocessed ...
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How to report results from the likelihood ratio test of two lme models?
I am trying to find an appropriate way to report the results of the likelihood ratio test in a paper. I wrote:
The likelihood ratio tests reported a significant main effect of FE (χ²(1)=6.06, p < 0....
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Necessary diagnostics of multiple quantile regression
I am wondering what are necessary statistics for multiple quantile regression model.
I am considering creating a model e.g. using the quantreg R package:
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When is it appropriate to report the results of a within-subjects contrasts table of a repeated measures ANOVA?
I've just run a repeated measures ANOVA in SPSS, with one 3-level within-subjects variable, and one 3-level between-subjects variable.
Is it correct to assume that one should be reporting the main ...
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How to report participant number with missing times?
I have used a linear mixed model for a set of data with children participating in experiments 1-4 times. The number of times they participated varies. Some kids skipped or participated in one or two ...
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Report standard errors and exact p-value
Is it necessary to include both standard errors and exact $p$ values in a result table? Or is an exact $p$ value enough?
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Is it correct to report R^2 value for simple time series trend analyses?
I am wondering if it makes sense to report an R^2 value for a simple trend analysis. For example, trends in temperature or stream flow over time. I understand that for linear regression R^2 makes ...
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Train/validate/test subsets of the data; which one do we use?
We are writing a scientific paper using a large dataset of healthcare data. We split our data into three sets: a train set (60%), a validation set (20%), and a test set (20%).
My question is what do ...
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What are the benefits of classical ANOVA F compared to Welch's F?
Is there a reason to report classical ANOVA F values (Fisher's F), instead of Welch's F-tests?
I know Welch's F test is corrected, so that it's robust against heterogeneity of variance. This leaves me ...
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How to report my log transformed (+1) data?
Say that I have a variable with lots of 0 values that needs log-transforming so I do log(variable+1) to transform it. How do I write that in my methods section as opposed to just 'the data was log-...
