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A case against default effect sizes in sport and exercise science
Recent discussions in the sport and exercise science community have focused on the appropriate use and reporting of effect sizes. Sport and exercise scientists often analyze repeated-measures data, from which mean differences are reported. To aid the interpretation of these data, standardized mean d...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7646309/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33194448 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10314 |
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description | Recent discussions in the sport and exercise science community have focused on the appropriate use and reporting of effect sizes. Sport and exercise scientists often analyze repeated-measures data, from which mean differences are reported. To aid the interpretation of these data, standardized mean differences (SMD) are commonly reported as a description of effect size. In this manuscript, we hope to alleviate some confusion. First, we provide a philosophical framework for conceptualizing SMDs; that is, by dichotomizing them into two groups: magnitude-based and signal-to-noise SMDs. Second, we describe the statistical properties of SMDs and their implications. Finally, we provide high-level recommendations for how sport and exercise scientists can thoughtfully report raw effect sizes, SMDs, or other effect sizes for their own studies. This conceptual framework provides sport and exercise scientists with the background necessary to make and justify their choice of an SMD. |
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spelling | pubmed-76463092020-11-12 A case against default effect sizes in sport and exercise science Caldwell, Aaron Vigotsky, Andrew D. PeerJ Anatomy and Physiology Recent discussions in the sport and exercise science community have focused on the appropriate use and reporting of effect sizes. Sport and exercise scientists often analyze repeated-measures data, from which mean differences are reported. To aid the interpretation of these data, standardized mean differences (SMD) are commonly reported as a description of effect size. In this manuscript, we hope to alleviate some confusion. First, we provide a philosophical framework for conceptualizing SMDs; that is, by dichotomizing them into two groups: magnitude-based and signal-to-noise SMDs. Second, we describe the statistical properties of SMDs and their implications. Finally, we provide high-level recommendations for how sport and exercise scientists can thoughtfully report raw effect sizes, SMDs, or other effect sizes for their own studies. This conceptual framework provides sport and exercise scientists with the background necessary to make and justify their choice of an SMD. PeerJ Inc. 2020-11-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7646309/ /pubmed/33194448 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10314 Text en ©2020 Caldwell and Vigotsky https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited. |
spellingShingle | Anatomy and Physiology Caldwell, Aaron Vigotsky, Andrew D. A case against default effect sizes in sport and exercise science |
title | A case against default effect sizes in sport and exercise science |
title_full | A case against default effect sizes in sport and exercise science |
title_fullStr | A case against default effect sizes in sport and exercise science |
title_full_unstemmed | A case against default effect sizes in sport and exercise science |
title_short | A case against default effect sizes in sport and exercise science |
title_sort | case against default effect sizes in sport and exercise science |
topic | Anatomy and Physiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7646309/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33194448 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10314 |
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