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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Appl Physiol. 2012 Aug 4;113(3):577–589. doi: 10.1007/s00421-012-2464-z

Table 3.

Main effects of the 'group' and 'load', the post hoc tests, and the corresponding effect sizes for SJ

Variable ANOVAs F P Effect size
pη2
Effect size
descriptor
Post hoc
Group 18.11 0.000 0.595 Large Sedentary = Active ≤ Speed ≤ Strength
  Ppeak Load 5.83 0.000 0.136 Medium 0.7 = 0.8 = 0.9 ≤ 1.0 = 1.1 > 1.2 = 1.3
Interaction 3.19 0.001 0.205 Large

Group 15.59 0.000 0.558 Large Sedentary < Active = Speed ≤ Strength
  Pmean Load 3.71 0.004 0.091 Medium 0.7 = 0.8 = 0.9 = 1.0 = 1.1 = 1.2 = 1.3
Interaction 1.28 0.229 0.094 /

Group 15.90 0.000 0.563 Large Sedentary = Active ≤ Speed < Strength
  Fpeak Load 79.17 0.000 0.682 Large 0.7 = 0.8 ≤ 0.9 < 1.0 = 1.1 < 1.2 < 1.3
Interaction 1.38 0.176 0.100 /

Group 10.46 0.000 0.459 Large Sedentary = Active ≤ Speed = Strength
  Vpeak Load 113.42 0.000 0.754 Large 0.7 = 0.8 ≥ 0.9 > 1.0 ≥ 1.1 > 1.2 >1.3
Interaction 0.95 0.494 0.072 /

Group 4.36 0.010 0.261 Large Sedentary ≥ Active = Speed = Strength
  Tcon Load 12.99 0.000 0.260 Large 0.7 = 0.8 ≤ 0.9 = 1.0 = 1.1 = 1.2 ≤ 1.3
Interaction 1.14 0.329 0.085 /

SJ - squat jump; Ppeak – peak power; Pmean – mean power; Fpeak – peak force; Vpeak – peak velocity; Tcon - duration of the concentric jump phase.

< > - lower/higher; ≤ ≥ - equal with first and lower/higher than others; = equal. Statistically significant at the level p = 0.05.