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Re: how to calculate an effect size



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David Wilson's website has a wealth of info and a free ES calculator.
Aron

Jill Levenson, Ph.D. wrote:
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> Here is a very good website discussing in simple terms the basic 
> concepts of power analysis. Cohen did provide guidelines for 
> interpreting effect sizes for comparisons and correlations. I use 
> GPower and find it to be very helpful. You can download it for free.
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> Jill Levenson, Ph.D., LCSW
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> Fort Lauderdale, FL
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> *From:* bounce-3988070-6833436@list.cornell.edu 
> [mailto:bounce-3988070-6833436@list.cornell.edu] *On Behalf Of *Todd 
> McDonald
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 04, 2009 1:53 PM
> *To:* Child Maltreatment Researchers
> *Subject:* RE: how to calculate an effect size
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> Dr. Koh
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> Thank you for the web page.  This seems to be limited to when you 
> compare two means.  Is that correct?  What about when you have a 
> logistic regression model?  Should I just use the odds ratio as the 
> effect size? 
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> TM
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> --- On *Wed, 6/3/09, Eun Koh /<eunkoh@illinois.edu>/* wrote:
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>     From: Eun Koh <eunkoh@illinois.edu>
>     Subject: RE: how to calculate an effect size
>     To: "'Child Maltreatment Researchers'"
>     <child-maltreatment-research-l@list.cornell.edu>
>     Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2009, 5:16 PM
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>     I recently looked into the issue of effect size, and hopefully,
>     this site will help:
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>     http://web.uccs.edu/lbecker/Psy590/es.htm
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>     It is noted in the above site, but again many people refer to
>     Cohen's article when discussing the size (small, medium, large) of
>     effect size: Cohen (1988). Statistical power analysis for the
>     behavior sciences (second ed.).
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>     Hope this helps.
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>     Eun 
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>     Eun Koh
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>     Postdoctoral Research Associate
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>     Children and Family Research Center
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>     School of Social Work
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>     University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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>     Tel) 312-641-2505 (ext.18)
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>     E-mail) eunkoh@illinois.edu
>     <http://us.mc396.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=eunkoh@illinois.edu>
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>     *From:* bounce-3984573-9402306@list.cornell.edu
>     [mailto:bounce-3984573-9402306@list.cornell.edu] *On Behalf Of
>     *Todd McDonald
>     *Sent:* Wednesday, June 03, 2009 2:01 PM
>     *To:* Child Maltreatment Researchers
>     *Cc:* jmpolstra@att.net
>     *Subject:* how to calculate an effect size
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>     I notice some of the journal articles use very large samples.  Is
>     there a way to calculate an effect size from a crosstabs table and
>     a logistic regression table?  Is there a rule on what is
>     considered a big effect? 
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>     TM
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Aron Shlonsky
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