Big Things Have Small Beginnings: An Assortment of “Minor” Methodological Misunderstandings
- 1 June 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Management
- Vol. 28 (3), 339-362
- https://doi.org/10.1177/014920630202800305
Abstract
Most statistical/methodological topics seem to have certain components that are poorly understood by many researchers. The purpose of this paper was to discuss some of the problem areas in significance testing, meta-analysis, multiple regression, factor analysis, structural equations modeling, validity, and outliers. These topics were chosen because they have generated a variety of problems for researchers, and because these problems have come to my attention through reviews of journal submissions, discussions with colleagues, and my own reading of the published literature.Keywords
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