Chapter 8
Reporting Your Results
Cut out the appropriate part of the computer output and paste it onto the draft of the paper.
—George Dyke (tongue in cheek) [1997].
THE FOCUS OF THIS CHAPTER IS ON WHAT to report and how to report it. Reportable elements include the experimental design and its objectives, its analysis, and the sources and amounts of missing data. Guidelines for table construction are provided. The bootstrap is proposed as the preferred method for constructing a measure of precision. The value and limitations of p-values and confidence intervals are summarized. Practical significance is distinguished from statistical significance, and induction is distinguished from deduction.
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