A survey of statistical methods used in 1979 by eight journals of psychology was carried out. Results were compared to those of an identical survey in 1971. Of 76 different methods employed, only nine appeared in at least 5% of the articles. Compared to the previous survey, there was a slight decrease in the use of non-parametric techniques, a moderate increase in the use of correlational techniques and analyses of variance, and a large increase in the use of multivariate techniques.
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