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Intro

Effect Size Determination Program


Last Updated 07/25/2001
by
David B. Wilson, Ph.D.
University of Maryland, College Park
Introduction
The Effect Size Determination Program is for use with the book Practical Meta-Analysis
written by Mark W. Lipsey and David B. Wilson and published by Sage. The creation of this
program was supported by HSRI.
This program computes standardized mean difference effect sizes (d) and the correlation
coefficients (r) from summary statistics, such as means and standard deviations, t-tests,
frequencies, etc. It is useful during the coding phase of a meta-analysis for converting
reported results into an effect size index.
To use, "click" on the "Main Menu" button with the mouse. From the Main Menu, select the
desired transformation, again by "clicking" on the approrpiate button. Enter the requested
data in all cells that are shaded in yellow. The effect size is computed automatically when
all necessary data cells are filled in.

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Intro

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Intro

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Intro

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Menu

Main Menu

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Menu

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Menu

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Means & SDs

Means and Standard Deviation, Post-Treatment Scores


Treatment Group
Mean =
SD =
n=

Comparison Group
Mean =
SD =
n=

d =
r =

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Means & SDs

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Means & SDs

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Means & t-test

Means and t-test, Post-Treatment Scores


Treatment Group
Mean =
n=

t-value =

Comparison Group
Mean =
n=

d =
r =

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Means & t-test

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Means & t-test

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Mean Gain Scores

Mean Gain Scores and Gain Score Standard Deviation


Treatment Group
Mean =
SD =
n=

Comparison Group
Mean =
SD =
n=

Pre & Post-Test Scores Correlation =


d =
r =

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Mean Gain Scores

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Mean Gain Scores

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t-test (Independent)

Independent t-test, No Means Reported


t-value =
Treatment n =
Comparsion n =

d =
r =

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t-test (Independent)

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t-test (Independent)

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t-test (p-value only)

Independent t-test, p-value only


p-value =
df =

d=
r =
Note: This will always return a positive value

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t-test (p-value only)

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t-test (p-value only)

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t-test (Dependent)

Dependent t-test, No Means Reported


t-value =
n (pairs) =
r for paired values =

d =
r =

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t-test (Dependent)

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t-test (Dependent)

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Proportions1

Proportion or Frequency (Dichotomous)


Frequency with Positive Outcome
Treatment Group Successes =
Treatment Group n =
Control Group Successes =
Control Group n =
Proportion with Positive Outcome
Treatment Group =
Control Group =

Logit Method
d =
r =

Probit Method
d =
r =

Logit Method
d =
r =

Probit Method
d =
r =

Logit = logged odds-ratio

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Proportions1

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Proportions1

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Proportions2

Proportions (Ordinal Polychotomous)


Treatment Group
Values
Percent
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Comparison Group
Values
Percent
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

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Tx Group n =
Comp Grp n =
Tx Mean =
Tx SD =
Comp Mean =
Comp SD =
d=
r=

Proportions2

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Proportions2

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Frequencies

Frequencies (Ordinal Polychotomous)


Treatment Group
Values
Frequency
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Comparison Group
Values
Frequency
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

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Tx Mean =
Tx SD =
Comp Mean =
Comp SD =
d=
r =

Frequencies

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Frequencies

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F-test (k=2)

Oneway ANOVA with Two Groups (k=2)


F-value =
Treatment n =
Comparison n =

d =
r =
Note: This will always return a positive value

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F-test (k=2)

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F-test (k=2)

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F-test (k>2)

Oneway ANOVA with Three or More Groups (k>2)

Means

Indicate
Group Type*

MSw =
Method 1:
d=
r=
F-value =
Method 2:
d=
r=

Group Type: 1 = treatment group, -1 = comparison group, 0 = other

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F-test (k>2)

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F-test (k>2)

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Oneway ANCOVA

Oneway Analysis of Covariance


Treatment Group
Mean =

MS error =
df error =
r* =

Comparison Group
Mean =

d=
r =

r* = correlation between the covariate and the dependent measure

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Oneway ANCOVA

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Oneway ANCOVA

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Chi-Square

Chi-Square (df=1)
Chi-Square =
Total N =

d=
r =
Note: This will always return a positive value

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Chi-Square

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Chi-Square

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Chi-Square (p-value only)

Chi-Square, p-value only (df=1)


p-value =
Total N =

d=
r =
Note: This will always return a positive value

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Chi-Square (p-value only)

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Chi-Square (p-value only)

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Correlation

Correlation and Mean Difference Effect Size Conversion


r = 0.23

d = 0.4727

d = 0.47

r = 0.2288

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Correlation

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Correlation

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Weighted Mean

Weighted Mean
Means

Weighted Mean =

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Weighted Mean

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Weighted Mean

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Pooled SD

Pooled SD
SDs

Pooled SD =

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Pooled SD

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Pooled SD

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