Detecting a lack of association: An equivalence testing approach
| dc.contributor.author | Goertzen, J. R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cribbie, Robert | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-03T18:50:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-06-03T18:50:53Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Researchers often test for a lack of association between variables. A lack of association is usually established by demonstrating a non-significant relationship with a traditional test (e.g., Pearson’s r). However, for logical as well as statistical reasons, such conclusions are problematic. In this paper, we discuss and compare the empirical Type I error and power rates of three lack of association tests. The results indicate that large, sometimes very large , sample sizes are required for the test statistics to be appropriate. What is especially problematic is that the required sample sizes may exceed what is practically feasible for the conditions that are expected to be common among researchers in psychology. This paper highlights the importance of using available lack of association tests, instead of traditional tests of association, for demonstrating the independence of variables, and qualifies the conditions under which these tests are appropriate. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Goertzen, J. R. & Cribbie, R. A. (2010). Detecting a lack of association: An equivalence testing approach. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 63, 527-537. doi: 10.1348/000711009X475853 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0007-1102 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1348/000711009X475853 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10315/34594 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | The British Psychological Society | en_US |
| dc.rights.article | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1348/000711009X475853 | |
| dc.rights.journal | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20448317 | en_US |
| dc.rights.publisher | www.bpsjournals.co.uk | en_US |
| dc.subject | equivalence testing | en_US |
| dc.subject | independence of variables | en_US |
| dc.title | Detecting a lack of association: An equivalence testing approach | |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
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