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. 2019 Oct 15;19:1286. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7609-0

Table 1.

Classification of Measures of Effect

Individual effect measure grades and corresponding score (points) High (3 points) Intermediate (2 points) Low (1 point) No association (0 points) Unclear (0 points)
Measures of effect
Correlation

−1.00 to −0.60/

0.60 to 1.00

−0.59 to − 0.40/

0.40–0.59

−0.39 to − 0.01/ 0.01 to 0.39 0 ±
Unstandardized or standardised beta coefficient

− 1.50 to − 1.01/

1.01 to 1.50

−1.00 to − 0.51/

0.51 to 1.00

−0.50 to − 0.01/ 0.01 to 0.50 0 ±
Odds ratio >  3.00 1.50–3.00 1.01–1.49 1 ±

Note. Original table compiled using information from Rodriguez-Jareño [76], Bernard [77], Steenstra et al. [78], Krehbiel [80] and Joreskog [81]