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. 2017 Sep 29;8(4):537–553. doi: 10.1002/jrsm.1260

Table 1.

The seven Meta‐Essentials workbooks

File name Type of effect Effect size measure Example
Generic 1 Effect size data.xlsx Any, as long as directly comparable Mean Difference (for example)
d‐family 2 Differences between independent groups ‐ binary data.xlsx Difference between two independent groups with binary outcome Odds ratio, risk ratio, or risk difference Counts of patients that survived or died cancer after an experimental versus control treatment.
3 Differences between independent groups ‐ continuous data.xlsx Difference between two independent groups with continuous outcome Standardized mean difference: Cohen's d or Hedges' g The difference between the performance of sports teams that received intensive training and those that did not receive intensive training
4 Differences between dependent groups ‐ continuous data.xlsx Difference between two dependent groups with continuous outcome Standardized mean difference: Cohen's d or Hedges' g The difference between the performance of sports teams before and after receiving intensive training
r‐family 5 Correlational data.xlsx Correlation between two variables (Zero‐order) correlation coefficient The relationship between age and income
6 Partial correlational data.xlsx Relation between two variables, controlled for other variable(s) in both predictor and outcome Partial correlation coefficient The relationship between age and income, controlled for socio‐economic status, assuming socio‐economic status is related to both age and income
7 Semi‐partial correlational data.xlsx Relation between two variables, controlled for other variable(s) in outcome Semi‐partial correlation coefficient The relationship between age and income, controlled for education, assuming education is related to income, but not age