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Assessing Questionable and Responsible Research Practices in Psychology Master's Theses.

Behav Sci (Basel) · 2026 · PMC12838127 · PMID 41595051

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marginally significantno p-value reported
Coders coded the decision as ‘Marginal effect’ in the case where authors concluded that there was a marginally significant effect or almost an effect or gave a reason for why the effect probably existed, even though the results were not statistically significant.

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