Significance Testing of Subtest Score Differences: the Rules of the Game
- 1 December 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
- Vol. 4 (4) , 273-280
- https://doi.org/10.1177/073428298600400403
Abstract
Significance testing is widely used as one way to evaluate subtest score differences. Nevertheless, misinterpretations of statistically significant differences are frequent, due to basic misunderstandings of the underlying model. This article reviews the significance testing model and discusses the interpretations and misinterpretations of statistically significant differences.Keywords
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