IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/entthe/v39y2015i4p719-725.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Why All Researchers Should Report Effect Sizes and Their Confidence Intervals: Paving the Way for Meta–Analysis and Evidence–Based Management Practices

Author

Listed:
  • Andreas Schwab

Abstract

The growing body of empirical entrepreneurship studies and the advent of meta–analytic methodologies create new opportunities to develop evidence–based management practices. To support research on evidence–based practices, empirical studies should report meta–analysis relevant information, such as standardized effect–size measures and their confidence intervals. The corresponding changes in reporting practices are simple and straight forward—yet they promise strong contributions to the systematic accumulation of entrepreneurship knowledge over time.

Suggested Citation

  • Andreas Schwab, 2015. "Why All Researchers Should Report Effect Sizes and Their Confidence Intervals: Paving the Way for Meta–Analysis and Evidence–Based Management Practices," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 39(4), pages 719-725, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:entthe:v:39:y:2015:i:4:p:719-725
    DOI: 10.1111/etap.12158
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1111/etap.12158
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1111/etap.12158?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Andreas Schwab & Eric Abrahamson & William H. Starbuck & Fiona Fidler, 2011. "PERSPECTIVE---Researchers Should Make Thoughtful Assessments Instead of Null-Hypothesis Significance Tests," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 22(4), pages 1105-1120, August.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Christopher Hansen & Holger Steinmetz & Jörn Block, 2022. "How to conduct a meta-analysis in eight steps: a practical guide," Management Review Quarterly, Springer, vol. 72(1), pages 1-19, February.
    2. Alex Stewart, 2022. "Who shuns entrepreneurship journals? Why? And what should we do about it?," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 58(4), pages 2043-2060, April.
    3. Markku Maula & Wouter Stam, 2020. "Enhancing Rigor in Quantitative Entrepreneurship Research," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 44(6), pages 1059-1090, November.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Peter Jaskiewicz & Joern H. Block & James G. Combs & Danny Miller, 2017. "The Effects of Founder and Family Ownership on Hired CEOs’ Incentives and Firm Performance," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 41(1), pages 73-103, January.
    2. Katrin Zulauf & Ralf Wagner, 2023. "Countering Negotiation Power Asymmetries by Using the Adjusted Winner Algorithm," SN Operations Research Forum, Springer, vol. 4(1), pages 1-20, March.
    3. Christopher Hansen & Joern Block & Matthias Neuenkirch, 2020. "Family Firm Performance Over The Business Cycle: A Meta‐Analysis," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 34(3), pages 476-511, July.
    4. Markku Maula & Wouter Stam, 2020. "Enhancing Rigor in Quantitative Entrepreneurship Research," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 44(6), pages 1059-1090, November.
    5. Block, Joern H. & Miller, Danny & Wagner, Dominik, 2014. "Bayesian methods in family business research," Journal of Family Business Strategy, Elsevier, vol. 5(1), pages 97-104.
    6. van den Oever, Koen, 2017. "Uncharted waters : A behavioral approach to when, why and which organizational changes are adopted," Other publications TiSEM 0136c8c2-ecdd-4f82-8ca7-d, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
    7. Paul C. Nystrom & Ehsan S. Soofi, 2012. "Rare, outlier and extreme: beyond the Gaussian model and measures," International Journal of Complexity in Leadership and Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 2(1/2), pages 6-38.
    8. Thomas C. Powell, 2020. "Can Quantitative Research Solve Social Problems? Pragmatism and the Ethics of Social Research," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 167(1), pages 41-48, November.
    9. Jerker Denrell & Christina Fang & Chengwei Liu, 2015. "Perspective—Chance Explanations in the Management Sciences," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 26(3), pages 923-940, June.
    10. Blakeley B. McShane & David Gal, 2016. "Blinding Us to the Obvious? The Effect of Statistical Training on the Evaluation of Evidence," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 62(6), pages 1707-1718, June.
    11. Martin Bichler & Ulrich Frank & David Avison & Julien Malaurent & Peter Fettke & Dirk Hovorka & Jan Krämer & Daniel Schnurr & Benjamin Müller & Leena Suhl & Bernhard Thalheim, 2016. "Theories in Business and Information Systems Engineering," Business & Information Systems Engineering: The International Journal of WIRTSCHAFTSINFORMATIK, Springer;Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI), vol. 58(4), pages 291-319, August.
    12. Stephen Gorard, 2016. "Damaging Real Lives through Obstinacy: Re-Emphasising Why Significance Testing is Wrong," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 21(1), pages 102-115, February.
    13. Arjen Witteloostuijn, 2020. "New-day statistical thinking: A bold proposal for a radical change in practices," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 51(2), pages 274-278, March.
    14. Gerrit Anton De Waal & Paul Knott, 2019. "Npd Tools, Thoroughness And Performance In Small Firms," International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 23(06), pages 1-26, August.
    15. Le Breton-Miller, Isabelle & Miller, Danny, 2023. "Contradiction and disaggregation for family firm research," Journal of Family Business Strategy, Elsevier, vol. 14(1).
    16. Block, Joern H. & Jaskiewicz, Peter & Miller, Danny, 2011. "Ownership versus management effects on performance in family and founder companies: A Bayesian reconciliation," Journal of Family Business Strategy, Elsevier, vol. 2(4), pages 232-245.
    17. Hannah Fraser & Tim Parker & Shinichi Nakagawa & Ashley Barnett & Fiona Fidler, 2018. "Questionable research practices in ecology and evolution," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(7), pages 1-16, July.
    18. Andreas Schwab, 2018. "Investigating and Communicating the Uncertainty of Effects: The Power of Graphs," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 42(6), pages 823-834, November.
    19. Davidsson, Per, 2015. "Data replication and extension: A commentary," Journal of Business Venturing Insights, Elsevier, vol. 3(C), pages 12-15.
    20. Jesper W. Schneider, 2015. "Null hypothesis significance tests. A mix-up of two different theories: the basis for widespread confusion and numerous misinterpretations," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 102(1), pages 411-432, January.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:entthe:v:39:y:2015:i:4:p:719-725. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.