The N-Pact Factor, Replication, Power, and Quantitative Research in Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly

Q2 Health Professions

Kinesiology Review Pub Date : 2021-08-01 DOI:10.1123/kr.2020-0067

Jeffrey Martin, Drew Martin

引用次数: 2

Abstract

In the current study, a 20-year span of 80 issues of articles (N = 196) in Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly (APAQ) were examined. The authors sought to determine whether quantitative research published in APAQ, based on sample size, was underpowered, leading to the potential for false-positive results and findings that may not be reproducible. The median sample size, also known as the N-Pact Factor (NF), for all quantitative research published in APAQ was coded for correlational-type, quasi-experimental, and experimental research. The overall median sample size over the 20-year period examined was as follows: correlational type, NF = 112; quasi-experimental, NF = 40; and experimental, NF = 48. Four 5-year blocks were also analyzed to show historical trends. As the authors show, these results suggest that much of the quantitative research published in APAQ over the last 20 years was underpowered to detect small to moderate population effect sizes.

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适应性体育活动的N-Pact因子、复制、力量和定量研究季刊

在当前的研究中，对适应性体育活动季刊(APAQ) 20年跨度的80期文章(N = 196)进行了研究。作者试图确定发表在APAQ上的基于样本量的定量研究是否力度不足，导致假阳性结果的可能性和不可重复的发现。在APAQ上发表的所有定量研究的中位数样本量，也称为N-Pact因子(NF)，被编码为相关型、准实验型和实验型研究。20年期间的总体中位数样本量如下:相关型，NF = 112;准实验，NF = 40;实验，NF = 48。还分析了四个5年的区块，以显示历史趋势。正如作者所表明的那样，这些结果表明，过去20年在APAQ上发表的许多定量研究不足以检测到小到中等的群体效应。

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Kinesiology Review Health Professions-Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

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