Spotlights, Floodlights, and the Magic Number Zero: Simple Effects Tests in Moderated Regression

There is no author summary for this article yet. Authors can add summaries to their articles on ScienceOpen to make them more accessible to a non-specialist audience.

Abstract

Related collections

Most cited references 14

Record: found
Abstract: not found
Article: not found

Bivariate median splits and spurious statistical significance.

Scott E Maxwell, Harold Delaney (1993)

0 comments Cited 120 times – based on 0 reviews      Review now

Bookmark

Record: found
Abstract: found
Article: not found

Arbitrary metrics in psychology.

Hart Blanton, James Jaccard (2005)

Many psychological tests have arbitrary metrics but are appropriate for testing psychological theories. Metric arbitrariness is a concern, however, when researchers wish to draw inferences about the true, absolute standing of a group or individual on the latent psychological dimension being measured. The authors illustrate this in the context of 2 case studies in which psychologists need to develop inventories with nonarbitrary metrics. One example comes from social psychology, where researchers have begun using the Implicit Association Test to provide the lay public with feedback about their "hidden biases" via popular Internet Web pages. The other example comes from clinical psychology, where researchers often wish to evaluate the real-world importance of interventions. As the authors show, both pursuits require researchers to conduct formal research that makes their metrics nonarbitrary by linking test scores to meaningful real-world events. 2006 APA, all rights reserved.