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Comments: Some Unbelievably Good Results and Their Implications:

Comments: Some Unbelievably Good Results and Their Implications: Comments Some Unbelievably Good Results and Their Implications In answering questions on prose material, Natkin and Stahler (1969) hypothesized that high arousal would produce low immediate recall and high long-term recall, and that low arousal would produce high immediate recall and low delayed recall. The data they have reported seem to lend excellent support to this hypothesis. However, caution is advised in the acceptance of this evidence, even though Natkin and Stahler report statistical significance in support of their hypothesis. Lykken (1968), in a recent article on statistical significance in research, argues that replication is necessary for confirming hypotheses and that statistical significance is perhaps the least important attribute of a good experiment. Furthermore, Lykken contends that really large effects, differences, or relationships may even argue against the hy­ pothesis being tested. It appears that such a case can be made against Natkin and Stahler's evidence. The low arousal condition used in their research consisted of build­ ing an expectancy of adjunct questions in a preliminary condition, and then a continuation of this condition in the succeeding experimental condition (Group B) . The high arousal condition was simply the ab­ sence of adjunct questions in the preliminary reading condition http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Educational Research Journal SAGE

Comments: Some Unbelievably Good Results and Their Implications:

Carver, Ronald P.
American Educational Research Journal , Volume 7 (2): 2 – Jun 24, 2016
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Comments Some Unbelievably Good Results and Their Implications In answering questions on prose material, Natkin and Stahler (1969) hypothesized that high arousal would produce low immediate recall and high long-term recall, and that low arousal would produce high immediate recall and low delayed recall. The data they have reported seem to lend excellent support to this hypothesis. However, caution is advised in the acceptance of this evidence, even though Natkin and Stahler report statistical significance in support of their hypothesis. Lykken (1968), in a recent article on statistical significance in research, argues that replication is necessary for confirming hypotheses and that statistical significance is perhaps the least important attribute of a good experiment. Furthermore, Lykken contends that really large effects, differences, or relationships may even argue against the hy­ pothesis being tested. It appears that such a case can be made against Natkin and Stahler's evidence. The low arousal condition used in their research consisted of build­ ing an expectancy of adjunct questions in a preliminary condition, and then a continuation of this condition in the succeeding experimental condition (Group B) . The high arousal condition was simply the ab­ sence of adjunct questions in the preliminary reading condition

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