Effect Size Is an Important Tool for Making Sense of Research

question 53

Multiple Choice

Effect size is an important tool for making sense of research results because:

• A)it tells us the degree to which a result is statistically significant
• B)it tells us the magnitude of the statistical effect
• C)it limits variance and thus increases power
• D)it is always smaller than the variance

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