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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

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
 

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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.
Journal cover image

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