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Kane Meissel; Esther S. Yao – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2024
Effect sizes are important because they are an accessible way to indicate the practical importance of observed associations or differences. Standardized mean difference (SMD) effect sizes, such as Cohen's d, are widely used in education and the social sciences -- in part because they are relatively easy to calculate. However, SMD effect sizes…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Programming Languages, Effect Size, Correlation
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Ravand, Hamdollah; Baghaei, Purya – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2016
Structural equation modeling (SEM) has become widespread in educational and psychological research. Its flexibility in addressing complex theoretical models and the proper treatment of measurement error has made it the model of choice for many researchers in the social sciences. Nevertheless, the model imposes some daunting assumptions and…
Descriptors: Least Squares Statistics, Structural Equation Models, Nonparametric Statistics, Sample Size