The effect of data error in inducing confirmatory inference strategies in scientific hypothesis testing
Leslie Helen Kern · OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network) · 1982
More th an anyone e ls e who helped me throughout the w ritin g o f t h i s d i s s e r ta ti o n , I want to thank my b ro th e r, Hadley, who spent hundreds o f hours tu rn in g my research id eas in to th e polished com p u ter programs t h a t made t h i s study p o s s ib le .He never ju s t did what I asked; he always re fin e d and improved my i n i t i a l p roposals, so th a t th e u ltim a te d esig n was sim pler and more e f f ic ie n t than i t ever could have been w ithout him.The debt I owe to him i s beyond repay ment.A number o f o th e rs made s ig n if ic a n t c o n trib u tio n s to t h i s p r o je c t. Had I not been eavesdropping on a conversation between Jack Mynatt and H ille l Einhom a t an MPA meeting l a s t sp rin g , the s ig n ific a n c e o f th e q u estio n s addressed in t h i s d is s e r ta tio n would never have occurred t o me.Moreover, subsequent co n v ersatio n s with Jack le d to the development o f an experim ental methodology which was, i f I do say so m yself, r a th e r c le v e r .Mike Doherty helped me to r e fin e and sim p lify th e i n i t i a l design so th a t i t was p o ssib le to complete the research in l e s s th an a decade.Moreover, he was enormously generous with h is tim e, spending more o f i t e d itin g and ta lk in g w ith me than I might have expected had I been a stu d en t a t h is own u n iv e r s ity .Herb M irels, a s id e from being one o f th e warmest and most supportive persons I have encountered over th e years in graduate school, i i c o n s is te n tly took a genuine in t e r e s t in my research d e s p ite th e fa c t t h a t i t had no relev an ce whatsoever to .imp licit p e rs o n a lity theory o r th e P ro te s ta n t e t h i c .^ d iscu ssio n s with Rich R ussell were in v a lu a b le in h e lp in g me to see th e im p licatio n s o f my study fo r th e p r a c tic e o f c l i n i c a l psychology, which i s , a f t e r a l l , a major i n t e r e s t o f mine.And Tom Nygren always responded w ith grace to th o se phone c a l l s which are th e bane o f a s t a t i s t i c i a n 's e x iste n c eth o se t h a t in v a ria b ly begin w ith, "I have ju s t one quick q u e s tio n ..." My f a th e r and m other, M orris and X arifa Bean, worked very hard f o r many years in o rd er th a t t h e i r c h ild re n could have as much edu c atio n as th ey wanted.For t h a t , I am more g ra te fu l than I can express in words.The burned d inners and faded laundry I 'v e received from my husband, R ichard, over th e p ast few months made me know I was loved, d e s p ite th e fa c t th a t w ritin g a d is s e r ta tio n has made me, a t tim es, r a th e r u n lovable.F in a lly , were P a tti Watson not th e most com petent, u n ru ffle d , and ra p id t y p is t in th e w orld, t h i s d is s e r ta tio n would n ev er have been receiv ed by any o f my committee members on tim e. Thank you a l l f o r your enormous support and encouragement! iii