Table 4.
Monte Carlo Analysis of Bias in the Point Estimates of the Standardized Effect Size (GMA d)
Parameter =.3464 | Parameter =.6928 | |||||||||||
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N | Average GMA d | SD of GMA d | Percent Bias | Average GMA d | SD of GMA d | Percent Bias | ||||||
S | I | S | I | S | I | S | I | S | I | S | I | |
50 | .3545 | .3611 | .4506 | .2700 | 2.34 | 4.24 | .7108 | .7173 | .4539 | .2764 | 2.60 | 3.54 |
100 | .3533 | .3544 | .3095 | .1852 | 1.99 | 2.31 | .7048 | .7058 | .3117 | .1890 | 1.73 | 1.88 |
150 | .3504 | .3521 | .2532 | .1500 | 1.15 | 1.65 | .7003 | .7020 | .2551 | .1533 | 1.08 | 1.33 |
250 | .3468 | .3503 | .1938 | .1150 | .12 | 1.13 | .6951 | .6987 | .1952 | .1175 | .33 | .85 |
500 | .3466 | .3484 | .1373 | .0809 | .06 | .58 | .6939 | .6956 | .1383 | .0825 | .16 | .40 |
Mdn | .3504 | .3521 | .2532 | .1500 | 1.15 | 1.65 | .7003 | .7020 | .2551 | .1533 | 1.08 | 1.33 |
Note. Average GMA d = mean of GMA ds from 10,000 replications. SD of GMA d = standard deviation of GMA ds across 10,000 replications. S = GMA d from slope difference (bs), I = GMA d from intercept difference (bi),