TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Incidence and interpretation of statistical suppression in psychological research
JO  - Canadian journal of behavioural science
A1  - Martinez Gutierrez, Naomi
A1  - Cribbie, Robert
SP  - 480
EP  - 488
VL  - 53
IS  - 4
N2  - Suppressor variables increase the predictive power of one or more predictors by suppressing irrelevant variance. Although theoretically and statistically useful, no research has addressed the frequency or interpretation of statistical suppression (SS) in the psychological literature. In two studies, we explored the nature and interpretation of SS. In the first study, we reviewed regression analyses to determine the frequency with which SS occurs in psychological articles published in 2017. Approximately one-third of articles showed evidence of SS, although researchers almost never acknowledged or attempted to interpret the SS. In the second study, we reviewed articles containing the keyword "suppression" to assess the interpretations provided by researchers that identified SS. <br><br>RESULTS indicate that most researchers do not attempt to classify or interpret SS. Therefore, although SS is common in psychology, scarcely any attempts are made to identify, classify, and/or interpret it. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0008-400X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cbs0000267
ID  - ref1
ER  -