The search for meaningful ways to express the effects of interventions
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Cooper, H
Published in: Child Development Perspectives
December 1, 2008
Researchers often describe the quantitative effects of interventions using terms related to their magnitude (e.g., large, small) and practical impact (e.g., promising, significant). This article describes some of these efforts. It suggests that providing such descriptors for effect sizes must be done with great caution and much additional context. The article also illustrates some translations of effect sizes that should be meaningful to audiences with limited statistical expertise and hopefully make it unnecessary for researchers to apply qualitative descriptors to them. © Journal Compilation © 2008 The Society for Research in Child Development, Inc.
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Child Development Perspectives
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1750-8606
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1750-8592
Publication Date
December 1, 2008
Volume
2
Issue
3
Start / End Page
181 / 186
Related Subject Headings
- Developmental & Child Psychology
- 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
- 5203 Clinical and health psychology
- 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
- 1701 Psychology
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Cooper, H. (2008). The search for meaningful ways to express the effects of interventions. Child Development Perspectives, 2(3), 181–186. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-8606.2008.00063.x
Cooper, H. “The search for meaningful ways to express the effects of interventions.” Child Development Perspectives 2, no. 3 (December 1, 2008): 181–86. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-8606.2008.00063.x.
Cooper H. The search for meaningful ways to express the effects of interventions. Child Development Perspectives. 2008 Dec 1;2(3):181–6.
Cooper, H. “The search for meaningful ways to express the effects of interventions.” Child Development Perspectives, vol. 2, no. 3, Dec. 2008, pp. 181–86. Scopus, doi:10.1111/j.1750-8606.2008.00063.x.
Cooper H. The search for meaningful ways to express the effects of interventions. Child Development Perspectives. 2008 Dec 1;2(3):181–186.
Published In
Child Development Perspectives
DOI
EISSN
1750-8606
ISSN
1750-8592
Publication Date
December 1, 2008
Volume
2
Issue
3
Start / End Page
181 / 186
Related Subject Headings
- Developmental & Child Psychology
- 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
- 5203 Clinical and health psychology
- 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
- 1701 Psychology