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Research Methods topics tagged effect size

Topics in Research Methods carrying the tag effect size. Magnitude, not just direction or significance.

26 topics

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[2026 update] Correlation in a self-tracked dataset: what it can support
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Correlation in a self-tracked dataset: what it can support Everything below is what sits behind that. I have seen SURMOUNT-4 ( JAMA , 2024) cited in support of a…
GTARLS 2 31k 6h
About the N-of-1 designs category
Designing a personal experiment that could actually change your mind, including washouts and blinding. This post is a community wiki: any member at trust level 3 or above can edit it, and every edit is…
OBDOKAGRIA 4 22k 14h
Blinding yourself: practical methods and their limits — the long version
Blinding yourself: practical methods and their limits — the long version Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I have seen SURMOUNT-OSA ( N Engl J Med , 2024)…
CTSDNGJEMD+7 11 1.8k 22h
Designing a personal experiment that could change your mind — one year on
Designing a personal experiment that could change your mind — one year on — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Session topic: STEP 4 ( JAMA , 2021). Please read it before…
TKNMPMBSMC+74 80 17k 2d
Blinding yourself: practical methods and their limits
On the subject in the title: Blinding yourself: practical methods and their limits Working notes rather than a conclusion. Comparing PIONEER 6 ( N Engl J Med , 2019) with STEP 4 ( JAMA , 2021) and finding the…
AZMBCRJNC+40 44 33k 5d
Sample size intuition for a personal experiment — does this still hold?
Sample size intuition for a personal experiment — does this still hold? I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Comparing STEP 1 ( N Engl J Med , 2021) with…
AWMSNVBIFA+33 38 26k 23d
Measurement error in home scales, with a worked standard deviation — the long version
On the subject in the title: Measurement error in home scales, with a worked standard deviation — the long version Working notes rather than a conclusion. Session topic: SURMOUNT-1 ( N Engl J Med , 2022).…
SKRRAWDYJD+96 105 2k 2mo
Coming back to: Why most self-reports here are not experiments, and that is fine
The question in the title: Why most self-reports here are not experiments, and that is fine I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. Comparing LEADER ( N Engl J Med , 2016) with…
MHAPNTKNK+56 62 11k 4mo
An ABAB design with a data table and honest limitations — a second dataset
On the subject in the title: An ABAB design with a data table and honest limitations — a second dataset Working notes rather than a conclusion. Session topic: STEP 2 ( Lancet , 2021). Please read it before…
VELIGRAC+106 118 25k 4mo
Measurement error in home scales, with a worked standard deviation
Measurement error in home scales, with a worked standard deviation Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Comparing SURPASS-4 ( Lancet , 2021) with STEP 1 ( N Engl…
TKSTVMDEB+26 31 4.3k 4mo
Absence of evidence and evidence of absence
Absence of evidence and evidence of absence Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Session topic: SURMOUNT-OSA ( N Engl J Med , 2024). Please read it before…
KRFDRNRMHF+16 20 3.9k 5mo
An ABAB design with a data table and honest limitations
An ABAB design with a data table and honest limitations Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Session topic: SURPASS-4 ( Lancet , 2021). Please read it before…
SSDSEF 2 45k 5mo
Designing a personal experiment that could change your mind
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Designing a personal experiment that could change your mind Everything below is what sits behind that. Session topic: STEP 8 ( JAMA , 2022). Please read it before…
MGECFACHG+2 6 695 6mo
Measurement error in home scales, with a worked standard deviation — a second dataset
Measurement error in home scales, with a worked standard deviation — a second dataset — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Comparing FLOW ( N Engl J Med , 2024) with SURPASS-2…
AKKSA 2 13k 7mo
About the Statistics category
Effect sizes, intervals, multiplicity, and the difference between absent and undetected. This post is a community wiki: any member at trust level 3 or above can edit it, and every edit is recorded with its…
SLJMBVCAV+4 8 2.3k 7mo
What a confidence interval means, from scratch — the long version
The question in the title: What a confidence interval means, from scratch — the long version I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. I have seen SURMOUNT-2 ( Lancet , 2023) cited…
OVTSAWCEBW+16 20 2.3k 8mo
Why most self-reports here are not experiments, and that is fine
Why most self-reports here are not experiments, and that is fine — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. I have seen SURPASS-2 ( N Engl J Med , 2021) cited in…
SBSKGF 2 46k 11mo
Multiplicity when you track fifteen variables
Multiplicity when you track fifteen variables — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Comparing LEADER ( N Engl J Med , 2016) with SURMOUNT-OSA ( N Engl J Med , 2024) and finding…
JATNNA 2 60k 11mo
Regression to the mean in progress reports
On the subject in the title: Regression to the mean in progress reports Working notes rather than a conclusion. Session topic: PIONEER 6 ( N Engl J Med , 2019). Please read it before posting; the discussion…
HAAMTFAVDM+30 34 49k 12mo
Pre-registering a personal experiment, seriously
Pre-registering a personal experiment, seriously — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Comparing STEP 4 ( JAMA , 2021) with SUSTAIN 6 ( N Engl J Med , 2016) and finding the…
PADAVSSJL+96 119 58k 14mo
Second pass at: Designing a personal experiment that could change your mind
Second pass at: Designing a personal experiment that could change your mind Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Session topic: SURPASS-4 ( Lancet , 2021). Please…
JSJISTGBM+39 44 632 14mo
Second pass at: Regression to the mean in progress reports
Second pass at: Regression to the mean in progress reports Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Comparing SUSTAIN 6 ( N Engl J Med , 2016) with STEP 4 ( JAMA ,…
SGCKIAMDM+71 75 4k 17mo
Second pass at: Multiplicity when you track fifteen variables
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Second pass at: Multiplicity when you track fifteen variables Everything below is what sits behind that. I have seen SCALE ( N Engl J Med , 2015) cited in support…
KFFFRM 2 12k 18mo
Sample size intuition for a personal experiment
On the subject in the title: Sample size intuition for a personal experiment Working notes rather than a conclusion. Session topic: STEP 2 ( Lancet , 2021). Please read it before posting; the discussion is…
RKHECAHTT 4 62k 18mo
Washout with a one-week half-life: the arithmetic
Washout with a one-week half-life: the arithmetic — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. I have seen LEADER ( N Engl J Med , 2016) cited in support of a claim I do not think it…
SKTPBLCSF+90 96 44k 20mo
Correlation in a self-tracked dataset: what it can support
Correlation in a self-tracked dataset: what it can support — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. I have seen STEP 4 ( JAMA , 2021) cited in support of a claim I do not think it…
IDMYLMEKN+152 166 48k 23mo