The comparability of the standardized mean difference effect size across different measures of the same construct: Measurement considerations

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 612-623

  Nugent, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Effect size; Meta analysis; Reliability corrected standardized mean difference; Standardized mean difference (SMD)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745944680     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164405284032     Document Type: Article

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