The RM, BPS, and OB Divisions will sponsor the following event during the 2017 AOM Conference:
Showcase Symposium
Program Session: 1500 | Submission: 15220 | Sponsor(s): (RM, BPS, OB)
Monday, Aug 7 2017 4:45PM - 6:15PM at Hilton Atlanta in Room 305
Moving Beyond Tradition:
Why and How to Replace Statistical Significance Tests with Better Methods
Presenter: William H. Starbuck, U. of Oregon
Presenter: Andreas Schwab, Iowa State U.
Presenter: C. Chet Miller, U. of Houston
This symposium will introduce and discuss how scholars can improve upon statistical significance tests, which continue to constrain the production of knowledge in management science. The extensive use of these tests in quantitative research has led to the accumulation of "statistically significant" results that are both too small to be practically relevant and so small that they are unlikely to replicate. A field that aspires to provide useful advice to managers needs to focus on practically important and robust effects. The proposed symposium introduces and discusses alternative approaches to address the limitations of statistical significance tests -- such as, effect size measures, confidence intervals, graphs, baseline modeling, abduction and their implications for causal inference. A final "Question and Answer" session will offer additional opportunities for further discussions, advice and recommendations.
Presentations:
How Bias Against Null Findings Corrupts Research: Torturing Data to Make Them Obey
William H. Starbuck, U. of Oregon
What Is Wrong with Statistical Significance Tests and How to Evaluate Hypotheses Instead
Andreas Schwab, Iowa State U.
Abduction as a Partial Solution to Our Ills
C. Chet Miller, U. of Houston
Useful Alternatives to Statistical Significance
William H. Starbuck, U. of Oregon
Mailed on behalf of the organizing team by
Andreas Schwab
Associate Professor and Dean's Fellow in Management
Management Department
3315 Gerdin Business Building
Ames, IA 50011-1350
Phone: +1-515-294 -8119
Skype: andreas.schwab9
Email: aschwab@iastate.edu
Academic Profile: http://www.business.iastate.edu/faculty/?faculty=aschwab
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andreas_Schwab2/publications
Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=mJbkmOMAAAAJ
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