How should we calculate effect sizes? What are common mistakes in the calculation of effect sizes? How does research design influence the calculation of effect sizes? Howard Bloom, MDRC

Publication Date: March 5, 2007

Current as of: December 18, 2018

There are two considerations when computing or interpreting Effect Sizes: (a) different definitions of effect size convey different impressions and (b) interpretations of the magnitudes of effect sizes depend on their context.

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