Campus Units
Management
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Accepted Manuscript
Publication Date
1-30-2018
Journal or Book Title
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
First Page
1
Last Page
12
DOI
10.1177/1042258717753126
Abstract
Entrepreneurial activities are inherently risky and related outcomes uncertain. Consequently, empirical studies to build entrepreneurship theory need to investigate not only the direction and average size of effects but also the uncertainty of these effects. Current research published in academic entrepreneurship journals tends to focus on dichotomous likelihood evaluations employing statistical significance tests. This editorial argues that graphs communicating the distribution of observed effects offer a far more useful way to communicate, evaluate, and discuss uncertainty. Publishing such graphs will support theory building and offer more meaningful guidance to practitioners and policy makers.
Copyright Owner
Sage Journals
Copyright Date
2018
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Schwab, Andreas, "Investigating and Communicating the Uncertainty of Effects: The Power of Graphs" (2018). Management Publications. 44.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/management_pubs/44
Comments
This article is published as Schwab, A. Investigating and Communicating the Uncertainty of Effects: The Power of Graphs.; Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 2018; 1-12. Doi: 10.1177/1042258717753126. Posted with permission.