标准化平均差异效应大小的解释,当分布不是正常或同源的时
1Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
Educational and psychological measurement
|November 18, 2024
概括
标准化平均差异 (科恩的d) 是一种常见的效果大小测量方法. 它作为分布重叠的解释仅对具有相同方差的正常分布数据可靠.
科学领域:
- 统计 统计 统计 统计
- 心理测量 心理测量 心理测量
- 数据分析 数据分析
背景情况:
- 标准化平均差异 (科恩的d) 是实验研究中普遍存在的效果大小指标.
- 它量化了两个群体平均值之间的差异,相对于它们的可变性.
- 科恩的d对于具有相等方差的正常分布数据特别直观.
研究的目的:
- 检查科恩的d作为分布重叠的衡量标准的可靠性.
- 调查非正常性和不平等差异对科恩的d解释的影响.
- 评估科恩的d解释仍然有效的条件.
主要方法:
- 该研究从理论上分析了科恩的d和分布重叠之间的关系.
- 它考虑了使用非正常分布数据的场景.
- 它评估的数据基本上不平等的标准偏差.
主要成果:
- 对于具有相同方差的正常分布,科恩的d和分布重叠之间的数学关系是直接的.
- 偏离常态或差异均等的偏差显著改变了科恩的d和分布重叠之间的关系.
- 在这些条件下,对科恩的标准解释变得不可靠.
结论:
- 解释科恩的d作为分布重叠的指数取决于数据满足特定的正常性假设和相同的差异.
- 研究人员在存在非正常数据或不平等的差异时,在解释科恩的d时必须谨慎.
- 当违反标准假设时,可能需要替代效果大小测量或解释框架.
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