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2021 AOM Live-Open Symposium "Moving Beyond Tradition: Why and How to Replace Statistical Significance Tests with Better Methods"

  • 1.  2021 AOM Live-Open Symposium "Moving Beyond Tradition: Why and How to Replace Statistical Significance Tests with Better Methods"

    Posted 07-18-2021 09:24

    The OB, ENT and STR Divisions will sponsor the following event during the 2021 AOM Conference:

    Moving Beyond Tradition: Why and How to Replace Statistical Significance Tests with Better Methods

    Symposium

    Program Session: 1249

    Tuesday, Aug 3 2021  12:00AM - 13:30PM EDT

    Live Open Interactive Session

     

    Presenter: William H. Starbuck, U. of Oregon

    Presenter: Andreas Schwab, Iowa State U.

    Presenter: Sam Holloway, U. of Portland

     

    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 overcome the limitations of statistical significance tests -- such as, effect size measures, confidence intervals, graphs, meta-analyses, baseline modeling and the implications of these approaches for the accumulation of scientific knowledge. A final "Question and Answer" session will offer additional opportunities for further discussions, advice and recommendations.

    Mailed on behalf of the organizing team by



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    Andreas Schwab
    Iowa State University
    Ames IA
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