When people use words instead of numerals to indicate the sample size. Especially when done to hide/de-emphasize small samples.pic.twitter.com/Si8UbEOoRZ
Is this a real thing? Do authors with small samples tend to write them more with words instead of numerals? @MicheleNuijten @jamesheathers
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If you already have the fulltexts, this would be a quick study, but potentially very nice illustration of QRP in presentation of results.
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Maybe the same study on whether the sample size is in the abstract. I skimmed 20 or so stereotype threat studies & found only 1 an n=
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Good idea.
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Never heard of this before. Doubt it. Relevant copy editing standards (APA style etc.) aggressively enforced. Still might be worth a look.
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APA style sucks. :) I see tons of papers with samples <100 with words, and none with large samples (>1000) in words.
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APA style is the only reason text mining program like statcheck can work! ;)
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No. Standardization is. Actually would be easier to mine sample sizes if always numerals.
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Only time to use words for N>=10 is at start of sentence: "Eighty-six undergraduates participated for course credit or nachos".
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I don't think that's good either.
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Course it's good. There are nachos.
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Also it is The Law According To APA, which is about all that matters really.
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