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- Title
The Impact of APA and AERA Guidelines on Effect Size Reporting.
- Authors
Peng, Chao-Ying; Chen, Li-Ting; Chiang, Hsu-Min; Chiang, Yi-Chen
- Abstract
Given the long history of effect size (ES) indices (Olejnik and Algina Contemporary Educational Psychology, 25, 241-286 ) and various attempts by APA and AERA to encourage the reporting and interpretation of ES to supplement findings from inferential statistical analyses, it is essential to document the impact of APA and AERA standards on ES reporting practices. In this paper, we investigated the impact by examining findings from 31 published reviews and our own review of 451 articles published in 2009 and 2010. The 32 reviews were divided into two periods: before and after 1999. A total of 116 journals were reviewed. Findings from these 32 reviews revealed that since 1999, the ES reporting has improved in terms of its rate, variety, interpretation, confidence intervals, and fullness. Yet several inadequate practices still persisted: (1) the dominance of Cohen's d, and the unadjusted R/η, (2) the mere labeling of ES, (3) the under-reporting of confidence intervals, and (4) a lack of integration between ES and statistical tests. The paper concludes with resources on Internet and recommendations for improving ES reporting practices.
- Subjects
AMERICAN Psychological Association; AMERICAN Educational Research Association; EDUCATIONAL psychology; EDUCATION periodicals; SCHOLARLY publishing
- Publication
Educational Psychology Review, 2013, Vol 25, Issue 2, p157
- ISSN
1040-726X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10648-013-9218-2