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| Title |
The New Statistics
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Psychological Science, November 2013
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| DOI | 10.1177/0956797613504966 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Geoff Cumming |
| Abstract |
We need to make substantial changes to how we conduct research. First, in response to heightened concern that our published research literature is incomplete and untrustworthy, we need new requirements to ensure research integrity. These include prespecification of studies whenever possible, avoidance of selection and other inappropriate data-analytic practices, complete reporting, and encouragement of replication. Second, in response to renewed recognition of the severe flaws of null-hypothesis significance testing (NHST), we need to shift from reliance on NHST to estimation and other preferred techniques. The new statistics refers to recommended practices, including estimation based on effect sizes, confidence intervals, and meta-analysis. The techniques are not new, but adopting them widely would be new for many researchers, as well as highly beneficial. This article explains why the new statistics are important and offers guidance for their use. It describes an eight-step new-statistics strategy for research with integrity, which starts with formulation of research questions in estimation terms, has no place for NHST, and is aimed at building a cumulative quantitative discipline. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 487 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 76 | 16% |
| United Kingdom | 73 | 15% |
| Japan | 27 | 6% |
| Germany | 14 | 3% |
| Australia | 13 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 12 | 2% |
| Canada | 9 | 2% |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1% |
| Italy | 5 | 1% |
| Other | 60 | 12% |
| Unknown | 192 | 39% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 312 | 64% |
| Scientists | 133 | 27% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 33 | 7% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 9 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 3,879 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 94 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 44 | 1% |
| Germany | 30 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 26 | <1% |
| Canada | 15 | <1% |
| Italy | 12 | <1% |
| France | 12 | <1% |
| Brazil | 12 | <1% |
| Australia | 9 | <1% |
| Other | 98 | 3% |
| Unknown | 3527 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 1015 | 26% |
| Researcher | 570 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 481 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 275 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 271 | 7% |
| Other | 843 | 22% |
| Unknown | 424 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 1775 | 46% |
| Social Sciences | 253 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 209 | 5% |
| Neuroscience | 134 | 3% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 130 | 3% |
| Other | 743 | 19% |
| Unknown | 635 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 447. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 March 2024.
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#63,510
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#151
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#397
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