Seven Critical Components

  1. Source of funding (Why was the research done?)
  2. Researcher contact
  3. Individuals studied and how they were selected
  4. Measurements made (questions asked)
  5. Setting in which the data were collected
  6. Extraneous differences and other explanations
  7. Magnitude of claimed effect

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Source: Modified from list given in Seeing Through Statistics, 2nd ed. by Jessica Utts (page 16)

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