Concepedia

The importance of effect sizes

Sil Aarts, Marjan van den Akker, Björn Winkens

European Journal of General Practice · 2013 · 105 citations · 10 references

Concepts

Scaling AnalysisMeta-analysisRelevant Effect.effect SizesMedicineStatistical SignificanceClinical PopulationPatient SafetyClinical TrialsExperiment DesignSocial InfluenceSocial SciencesKey MessageEffect SizesClinical EvaluationExperimental PsychologyInteraction EffectPsychology

Abstract

KEY MESSAGE:Statistical significance testing alone is not the most adequate manner to evaluate if there is indeed a clinically relevant effect.Effect sizes should be added to significance testing.E...

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