How Big Are My Effects? Examining the Magnitude of Effect Sizes in Studies of Measurement Equivalence

Recently, an effect size measure, known as d MACS, was developed for confirmatory factor analytic (CFA) studies of measurement equivalence. Although this index has several advantages over traditional methods of identifying nonequivalence, the scale and interpretation of this effect size are still unclear. As a result, the interpretation of the effect size is left to the subjective judgment of the researcher. To remedy this issue for other effect...