IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/jedbes/v10y1985i3p252-268.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Behavioral Statistics Textbooks: Source of Myths and Misconceptions?

Author

Listed:
  • James K. Brewer

Abstract

Six behavioral statistics textbooks listed by their publishers as “bestsellers†during 1982 were reviewed by the author. The intent was to detect the presence of and discuss the nature of some theoretical inferential inaccuracies, misinterpretations, and errors, that is, statistical “myths and misconceptions.†Approximately 43 quotes were found that to some degree reflected misconceptions of statistical theory and that may mislead the behavioral researcher. These quotes were classified in general categories of half-truths, definitional errors, constant-cum-variable, cart-before-the-horse, and unitary inference.

Suggested Citation

  • James K. Brewer, 1985. "Behavioral Statistics Textbooks: Source of Myths and Misconceptions?," Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, , vol. 10(3), pages 252-268, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jedbes:v:10:y:1985:i:3:p:252-268
    DOI: 10.3102/10769986010003252
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/10769986010003252
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.3102/10769986010003252?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:jedbes:v:10:y:1985:i:3:p:252-268. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.