Explaining the number of counterfactual cases needed to disturb a finding: a reply to Kuha and Sturgis

Gorard, S.; Gorard, J.

doi:10.1080/13645579.2015.1126494

Explaining the number of counterfactual cases needed to disturb a finding: a reply to Kuha and Sturgis

Gorard, S.; Gorard, J.

Authors

Professor Stephen Gorard s.a.c.gorard@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Abstract

This brief paper is an extension of our original paper What to do instead of significance testing? Calculating the ‘number of counterfactual cases needed to disturb a finding’, following a response by Jouni Kuha and Patrick Stugis. It shows how their response assists in the development of our idea of the ‘number needed to disturb’ (NNTD) a finding, and allows us to explain that idea further. NNTD allows researchers to summarise the scale, ‘effect’ size and attrition of a study in one figure.

Citation

Gorard, S., & Gorard, J. (2016). Explaining the number of counterfactual cases needed to disturb a finding: a reply to Kuha and Sturgis. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 19(4), 497-499. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2015.1126494

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Nov 24, 2015
Online Publication Date	Feb 17, 2016
Publication Date	Jul 1, 2016
Deposit Date	Dec 11, 2015
Publicly Available Date	Aug 17, 2017
Journal	International Journal of Social Research Methodology
Print ISSN	1364-5579
Electronic ISSN	1464-5300
Publisher	Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	19
Issue	4
Pages	497-499
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2015.1126494

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in International Journal of Social Research Methodology on 17/02/2016, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13645579.2015.1126494.