R/thomason.R

In gitrman/itns: Datasets from the book Introduction to the New Statistics

#'Two Dependent Groups - Thomason Study 1
#'
#'An example of data for the repeated measures design used in Chapter 8 of the 
#'book \emph{Introduction to the New Statistics}.
#'
#'Many colleges require a course in critical thinking, but such courses are not
#'particularly effective. Courses based on argument mapping, however, are more
#'effective. Argument mapping is a graphical technique for representing and
#'critiquing an argument. Thomason et al. (2014) reported 7 studies evaluating a
#'promising approach to teaching critical thinking that combines argument
#'mapping with a form of mastery learning. Studies were conducted in the U.S.,
#'Canada, and the U.K., and each study used a single group of students. Students
#'were tested on various well-established measures of critical thinking, both
#'before (the Pre-test) and after (the Post-test) training. Group sizes ranged
#'from 7 to 39. All the Thomason studies compared the two conditions, Pretest
#'and Posttest, within participants, and therefore used a paired design. The
#'first Thomason study, Thomason 1, used a group of N = 12 students, whose
#'critical thinking ability was assessed at Pretest and Posttest using the
#'Logical Reasoning section of the Law School Aptitude Test (LSAT).
#'
#'@format A data frame with 12 rows and 2 variables:
#'\describe{
#'  \item{pre}{Pre-treatment LSAT score}
#'  \item{post}{Post-treatment LSAT score}
#'}
#'
#'@source Thomason, N. R., Adajian, T., Barnett, A. E., Boucher, S.,
#'  van der Brugge, E., Campbell, J., Knorpp, W., Lempert, R., Lengbeyer, L.,
#'  Mandel, D. R., Rider, Y., van Gelder, T., & Wilkins, J. (2014).
#'  \emph{Critical thinking final report}. The University of Melbourne,
#'  N66001-12-C-2004.

#'@references Cumming, G., & Calin-Jageman, R. (2017).
#'  \emph{Introduction to the New Statistics}. New York; Routledge.
#'
#'@seealso \code{\link{thomason2}} \code{\link{thomason3}}
"thomason1"

#'Two Dependent Groups - Thomason Study 2
#'
#'An example of data for the repeated measures design used in Chapter 8 of the 
#'book \emph{Introduction to the New Statistics}.
#'
#'This is data for the second study by Thomason et al investigating techniques to improve critical
#'thinking. See \code{\link{thomason1}} for more details.
#'
#'@format A data frame with 16 rows and 2 variables:
#'\describe{
#'  \item{pre}{Pre-treatment LSAT score}
#'  \item{post}{Post-treatment LSAT score}
#'}
#'
#'@section Source: Thomason, N. R., Adajian, T., Barnett, A. E., Boucher, S.,
#'  van der Brugge, E., Campbell, J., Knorpp, W., Lempert, R., Lengbeyer, L.,
#'  Mandel, D. R., Rider, Y., van Gelder, T., & Wilkins, J. (2014).
#'  \emph{Critical thinking final report}. The University of Melbourne,
#'  N66001-12-C-2004.

#'@section References: Cumming, G., & Calin-Jageman, R. (2017).
#'  \emph{Introduction to the New Statistics}. New York; Routledge.
#'
#'@seealso \code{\link{thomason1}} \code{\link{thomason3}}
"thomason2"


#'Two Dependent Groups - Thomason Study 3
#'
#'An example of data for the repeated measures design used in Chapter 8 of the 
#'book \emph{Introduction to the New Statistics}.
#'
#'This is data for the third study by Thomason et al investigating techniques to improve critical
#'thinking. This study used the HCTA measure of critical thinking, and a paired
#'design with N = 39. See \code{\link{thomason1}} for more details.
#'
#'@format A data frame with 39 rows and 2 variables:
#'\describe{
#'  \item{pre}{Pre-treatment HCTA score}
#'  \item{post}{Post-treatment HCTA score}
#'}
#'
#'@source Thomason, N. R., Adajian, T., Barnett, A. E., Boucher, S.,
#'  van der Brugge, E., Campbell, J., Knorpp, W., Lempert, R., Lengbeyer, L.,
#'  Mandel, D. R., Rider, Y., van Gelder, T., & Wilkins, J. (2014).
#'  \emph{Critical thinking final report}. The University of Melbourne,
#'  N66001-12-C-2004.

#'@references Cumming, G., & Calin-Jageman, R. (2017).
#'  \emph{Introduction to the New Statistics}. New York; Routledge.
#'
#'@seealso \code{\link{thomason1}} \code{\link{thomason2}}
"thomason3"