On Making Progress in Communication Science

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The Importance of Indirect Effects in Media Effects Research: Testing for Mediation in Structural Equation Modeling (2003, methodology): “Dillard's comments mirror those of Boster (2002) concerning the general state of design and analysis in the discipline as a whole. Boster states the discipline needs greater sophistication, not more complexity. ' It is important to note that the MacKinnon et al. (1998) direct test for mediation is a”
A Critical Assessment of Null Hypothesis Significance Testing in Quantitative Communication Research (2008, background): “Perhaps the most widely recognized limitation in NHST is its sensitivity to sample size (e.g., Boster, 2002; Cohen, 1990).”
Increasing clarity where it is needed most: articulating and evaluating theoretical contributions (2017, background): “Allen & Reynolds, 1993; Stiff & Boster, 1987) argue that gains in organizing power came at the expense of falsifiability. For instance, Mongeau and Stiff (1993) contend, ‘ .”