The Effect-Size: A Simple Methodology for Determining and Evaluating the “Effect-Size”

Marcel Lourel, Nicolas Gueguen, Alexandra Pascual, Farida Mouda
DOI: 10.4236/psych.2011.26096                

Abstract

Effect-size measurement is a practice that is gradually encouraged indeed required by psychological and social behavior reviews in addition to the classical test of statistical significance. This paper is written as a methodo- logical note that presents the conceptual interest of the effect-size, the main measurement indicators and their interpretation.

Keywords

Effect-Size, Test of Significance, Statistical Evaluation

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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