Data collection year does not significantly predict the digital reading-comprehension association, though it becomes significant when an outlier is included¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · quant-synthesis r2 · q2–q3
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? In the main moderator analysis, data collection year was not a significant predictor of the effect size (p = .121), contrary to the shallowing-based expectation of increasingly negative associations. → Altamura 2023 q2 i? When the influential outlier was included in the meta-regression, data collection year turned significant (b = -.014; 95% CI: -.27, -.001; p = .043). → Altamura 2023 (2)

Evidence¶

Altamura 2023¶

Altamura, L., Vargas, C., & Salmerón, L. (2023). Do New Forms of Reading Pay Off? A Meta-Analysis on the Relationship Between Leisure Digital Reading Habits and Text Comprehension. Review of Educational Research, 95(1), 53–88. doi:10.3102/00346543231216463

q3 · i? · quant-synthesis · r2

Multilevel meta-regression on the 39 effect sizes found data collection year did not significantly predict the association between leisure digital reading habits and comprehension, contradicting the article's hypothesis of a more negative association in more recent studies.

"Lastly, contrary to our expectations, the data collection year was not significant as a predictor (p = .121)."

Altamura 2023 (2)¶

Altamura, L., Vargas, C., & Salmerón, L. (2023). Do New Forms of Reading Pay Off? A Meta-Analysis on the Relationship Between Leisure Digital Reading Habits and Text Comprehension. Review of Educational Research, 95(1), 53–88. doi:10.3102/00346543231216463

q2 · i? · quant-synthesis · r2

Sensitivity meta-regression including the outlier study (Gumus & Atalmis, 2011) reversed the year result: the coefficient became significant with a negative value, indicating the year moderation is not robust to outlier inclusion.

"The significance of the moderators remained the same except for the data collection year which turned out significant (𝑏𝑏𝑤𝑤𝑝𝑝𝐴𝐴ℎ 𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑜𝐴𝐴𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 = -.014; 95% CI: -.27, -.001; p =. 043)."

Discussion¶

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