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Beyond Normality: Gain‐Probability Analysis for Symmetric Scale Mixture of Normal Distributions

Australian &New Zealand Journal of Statistics, Volume 68, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Gain‐Probability (G‐P) analysis quantifies the probability that a randomly selected individual from one group scores higher or lower than an individual from another group, by varying magnitudes. While G‐P methods have been developed under normality and various skewed distributions, symmetric heavy‐tailed settings remain largely unexplored ...
Tingting Tong, David Trafimow, Xiangfei Chen, Tonghui Wang, S. T. Boris Choy, Ziyuan Wang   +5 more
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New Polystochastic Statistical Inference in Social Sciences - Defining new Rules and Thresholds

Revija za Elementarno Izobraževanje
The Null Hypothesis Significance Testing (NHST) framework has sparked considerable debate within the scientific community, leading to numerous studies advocating for a re-evaluation of the current system.
Sinisa Opić
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Contrasting Fixed‐ and Mixed‐Effects Modeling in Vocabulary Research: Reanalyzing Laufer (2024) and McLean et al. (2020)

Language Learning, Volume 76, Issue 1, Page 211-248, March 2026.
Abstract Analyses in vocabulary research should avoid the language‐as‐a‐fixed‐effect fallacy, whereby no statistical evidence is provided to support claimed generalizations beyond the words tested in the sample. Although mixed‐effects models are widely adopted in social sciences to avoid this fallacy, second language vocabulary researchers primarily ...
Christopher Nicklin, Stuart McLean, Joseph P. Vitta   +2 more
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A robust effect size measure for MANOVA with non-normal and non-homogenous data

Methodological Innovations, 2021
A common research question in psychology entails examining whether significant group differences (e.g. male and female) can be found in a list of numeric variables that measure the same underlying construct (e.g. intelligence).
Johnson Ching-Hong Li, Marcello Nesca, Rory Michael Waisman, Yongtian Cheng, Virginia Man Chung Tze   +4 more
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Transcriptional regulation of neuropeptide receptors underlies context‐dependent adaptation in Drosophila melanogaster

FEBS Open Bio, Volume 16, Issue 1, Page 90-115, January 2026.
Under environmental changes, the expression level of neuropeptide (NP) and neuropeptide receptor (NPR) genes changes to confer context‐dependent adaptation to the model organism Drosophila melanogaster. Through finding more regulatory elements in the NPR genes in comparison with their ligands (NPs), we found that NPR‐biased transcriptional regulation ...
SeungHeui Ryu, Yanan Wei, Zekun Wu, Tianmu Zhang, DoHoon Lee, Hadi Najafi, Woo Jae Kim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Discovery to Justification: Outline of an Ideal Research Program in Empirical Psychology

Frontiers in Psychology, 2017
The gold standard for an empirical science is the replicability of its research results. But the estimated average replicability rate of key-effects that top-tier psychology journals report falls between 36 and 39% (objective vs.
Erich H. Witte, Frank Zenker, Frank Zenker, Frank Zenker, Frank Zenker   +4 more
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Comparing Data‐Driven Methods for Removing Options in Assessment Items

Journal of Educational Measurement, Volume 62, Issue 4, Page 588-607, Winter 2025.
Abstract Test items with problematic options often require revision to improve their psychometric properties. When an option is identified as ambiguous or nonfunctioning, the traditional approach involves removing the option and conducting another field test to gather new response data—a process that, while effective, is resource‐intensive.
William Muntean, Joe Betts, Zhuoran Wang, Hao Jia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conditional equivalence testing: An alternative remedy for publication bias. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
We introduce a publication policy that incorporates "conditional equivalence testing" (CET), a two-stage testing scheme in which standard NHST is followed conditionally by testing for equivalence.
Harlan Campbell, Paul Gustafson
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The Role of Perceived Energy and Self-Beliefs for Physical Activity and Sports Activity of Patients With Multiple Sclerosis and Chronic Stroke

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Physical activity counteracts some of the negative consequences associated with chronic neurological diseases. Here, we describe the levels of physical activity (PA) and sports activity (Sport) in patients with multiple sclerosis (pMS, n = 59) and ...
Julia Schüler, Wanja Wolff, Wanja Wolff, Julian Pfeifer, Romina Rihm, Jessica Reichel, Gerhard Rothacher, Christian Dettmers   +7 more
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Low mood, worry and mind wandering in children

British Journal of Developmental Psychology, Volume 43, Issue 4, Page 889-907, November 2025.
Abstract Previous research with adults and adolescents has established that mind wandering—characterized by a shift in attention from external tasks to internal thoughts—is associated with negative affect and reduced psychological well‐being, particularly when focused on past events.
Ellen Teague, Teresa McCormack, Agnieszka J. Graham   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source