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. 2014 Oct 8;9(10):e109019. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109019

Table 4. Statistical Power to Detect Various Population Effect Sizes across Journals.

Population Effect Size (r)
.10 .20 .30 .40 .50
JP .27 .77 .98 .99 .99
JRP .20 .63 .94 .99 .99
PSPB .16 .49 .84 .98 .99
JPSP .16 .48 .83 .98 .99
JESP .15 .46 .81 .97 .99
PS .13 .40 .74 .95 .99
JPSP:ASC .14 .43 .78 .96 .99
JPSP:IRGP .16 .49 .84 .98 .99
JPSP:PPID .20 .60 .92 .99 .99

Note. JP  =  Journal of Personality, JRP  =  Journal of Research in Personality, PSPB  =  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, JPSP  =  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, JESP  =  Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, PS  =  Psychological Science (social/personality articles only), JPSP:ASC  =  Attitudes and Social Cognition section of JPSP, JPSP:IRGP  =  Interpersonal Relations and Group Processes section of JPSP, JPSP:PPID  =  Personality Processes and Individual Differences section of JPSP. Power values assume a two-tailed test with an alpha level of .05.