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Evaluating Effect Size in Psychological Research: Sense and Nonsense

Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages: 156 - 168
Published: May 8, 2019
Abstract
Effect sizes are underappreciated and often misinterpreted—the most common mistakes being to describe them in ways that are uninformative (e.g., using arbitrary standards) or misleading (e.g., squaring effect-size rs). We propose that effect sizes can be usefully evaluated by comparing them with well-understood benchmarks or by considering them in terms of concrete consequences. In that light, we conclude that when reliably estimated (a critical...
Paper Details
Title
Evaluating Effect Size in Psychological Research: Sense and Nonsense
Published Date
May 8, 2019
Volume
2
Issue
2
Pages
156 - 168
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