Friday, November 13, 2009

More questions! Sorry!

1. If our R square change gives us a three digit number past the decimal point such as .004, if we rounded that we would be reported R2 = .00...that's not correct right? We would need to put all 3 decimal places in this instance?

2.If we end up only having either p < .001 and p < .05, do we just use two stars in our note or would we say *p < .05, ***p < .001???

sorry these are so technical, but we're losing points b/c of this stuff and the manual does not give specifics esp. on tables!

3 comments:

KGL said...

1. I asked Sung this question, and he said to say change of r^2 = .00 In the end he makes the key and we follow the key that he makes for us.

2. The apa manual seems to be pretty clear about this one, especially the 5th edition. You can make different number of asterisks in a table and in the note instead of just saying * p < .05 make several e.g., *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001

Nikki Frederick said...

For #2, I think you misunderstood me. I have no p < .01, only the other two cutoffs. So, in other words, can p < .001 have two asterisks or does it always need to have three???

KGL said...

Sorry about that...Yeah i don't see why not as long as you note it properly.