Psychology without p values - Data analysis at the turn of the 19th century

Author(s): Best, L. A., Cylke, V. A., Stubbs, D. A.

Journal/Book: Amer Psychol. 2000; 55: 750 First St NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242, USA. Amer Psychological Assoc. 260-263.

Abstract: Although the fledgling psychology of 100 years ago was assertively empirical, there were no inferential statistics to guide psychologists' data analyses. However, 19th-century developments had left psychology with a rich array of techniques for analyzing and presenting data, some of which remain underutilized today. These include comparisons across replications, within-subject designs, reanalyses of data, analyses of factorial designs, and especially the use of tables and graphs. As the merits of hypothesis-testing statistics are debated at the trim of the 21st century, the history of data-handling practices can remind psychologists that there are many ways to overcome the current uniformity of statistical practice.

Note: Article Smith LD, Univ Maine, Dept Psychol, 301 Little Hall, Orono,ME 04469 USA

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