The Answer is "No": A Comment on Peugh and Feldon (2020)

James L Peugh^{1

2}, David F Feldon³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45229.
³ Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Department, Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322.

James L Peugh et al. CBE Life Sci Educ. 2024 Dec.

. 2024 Dec;23(4):le1.

doi: 10.1187/cbe.24-07-0182.

James L Peugh^{1

2}, David F Feldon³

¹ Department of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45229.
³ Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Department, Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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