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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Community Health. 2008 Aug;33(4):248–258. doi: 10.1007/s10900-008-9087-7

Table 2.

Aggregate community readiness results

Baseline
CRM Readiness Outcomes Mean n = 32 Post Mean n = 34 t value ES (d)
CRM Overall Readiness (Average) 2.9 3.8 4.00 1.03
CRM Dimension Readiness
 A. Community Efforts 4.4 5.3 2.38 .61
 B. Knowledge of Efforts 2.7 3.5 2.77 .72
 C. Leadership 2.8 3.6 2.19 .56
 D. Community Climate 2.6 3.5 3.14 .81
 E. Knowledge about the Issue 2.5 3.5 4.27 1.10
 F. Resources for Prevention Efforts 2.4 3.7 4.21 1.09

Note: All tests of significance are significant, p < .05, two-tailed. All tests of significance are based on 60 dfs.

Effect Size: Effect sizes are reported as Cohen’s D. Cohen [35] has suggested the following guidelines for interpreting the magnitude of D: .20=Small; .50=Medium; .80=Large.