Tourism Research Methods and Statistical Assumptions:A Review of Articles appeared in the Recent Journal of Tourism Sciences (관광학 연구방법과 통계적 기본가정 - 최근 『관광학연구』誌에 게재된 논문들에 대한 분석 -)

Hyojin Kim (김효진); Stout, Betty L; Jeon, Min-Sun (전민선)

Tourism Research Methods and Statistical Assumptions:A Review of Articles appeared in the Recent Journal of Tourism Sciences

Journal of Tourism Sciences
Abbr : JTS
2012, 36(9), pp.11-26
Publisher : The Tourism Sciences Society Of Korea
Research Area : Social Science > Tourism

Hyojin Kim ¹, Stout, Betty L ², Jeon, Min-Sun ³

¹미국 플로리다 주립 대학교(Florida State University)
²미국 텍사스 공과 대학교(Texas Tech University) Hospitality Administration
³충남대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study is designed to explore whether recent empirical research articles published in the Journal of Tourism Sciences (JTS), one of the top academic journals in the tourism and hospitality field in South Korea, are published with full considerations of statistical assumptions applied by respective authors. As statistical tools and methods of analyses have flourished, greater usage of advanced statistical analyses are being more commonly utilized by researchers. This evokes the question of whether the quality of research methodologies has improve? Therefore, of 641 articles published to date, the 426 reviewed articles that used questionnaires for data collection and were published between 2006 and 2010, were found neither distinctly mentioned nor had reliably met statistical assumptions. The finding’s identify incidents of research of mal-practices and suggest methodological suggestions. This study is expected to become a cornerstone of future empirical research by encouraging researchers to report information related to statistical assumptions.

KEYWORDS

Empirical research, Statistical methods, Statistical assumptions

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