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When the coefficient hits the clinic: Effect size and the size of the effect

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 1998

Brendan Maher
Brendan Maher
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 bam@wjh.harvard.edu
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Abstract

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The usefulness of effect-size differs in utilitarian experiments from its use in theory corroborations. Chow introduces the question of the relationship of effect-size to practical validity and the role of the assessment of “importance” in this. This review develops this question and suggests the actuarial table as a replacement for effect-size in practical decision-making.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , April 1998 , pp. 211
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press