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Agricultural Economists' Effectiveness in Reporting and Conveying Research Procedures and Results

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Joe L. Parcell ,
Terry L. Kastens ,
Kevin C. Dhuyvetter  and
Ted C. Schroeder
Joe L. Parcell
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Missouri
Terry L. Kastens
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics at Kansas State University
Kevin C. Dhuyvetter
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics at Kansas State University
Ted C. Schroeder
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics at Kansas State University
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Abstract

This study reviews articles using regression analysis published in the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics from 1994 to 1998 to determine agricultural economists’ effectiveness in reporting and conveying research procedures and results. Based on the authors’ experiences of surveying articles for this study, several suggestions for reporting of results and how to better separate statistical from economic significance are offered. First, clearly define the dependent variable—preferably in the results table as well as within the text. Second, report parameter estimates in an interpretable form either in the results table or in a subsequent table. Third, report summary statistics. Fourth, report degrees of freedom conspicuously in the results table. Fifth, report if statistically insignificant variables have been dropped. Lastly, weigh economic importance aside from statistical significance and use simulation to express economic significance where appropriate.

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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , October 2000 , pp. 173 - 182
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Copyright © 2000 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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