November 2019, Vol. 50, Issue 5
So What? Justifying Conclusions and Interpretations of Data
Jinfa Cai, Anne Morris, Charles Hohensee, Stephen Hwang, Victoria Robison, Michelle Cirillo, Steven L. Kramer, and James Hiebert
We use this editorial to propose some ideas for presenting and interpreting results with an eye toward addressing the “so what” question by leveraging the alignment among research questions, theoretical framework, and methods in a well-designed research study. Our aim is to present some practical ideas that could help researchers evaluate their findings with this question in mind.