Cohen's d for the mean difference (v1.

3) Cohen's d with Confidence Interv

Enter sample sizes (N), means, standard deviations (SDs) and confidence level 1.40
into the green cells. Pink cells give Cohen's d, confidence intervals, and
interpretations
Confid. Mean d lower 1.20
Mean 1 Std. Dev.1 N1 Level Difference limit za/2
6.7 1.2 15 0.95 0.70 0.05 1.96 1.00
Pooled d upper
Mean 2 Std. Dev.2 N2 Variance Cohen's d limit
6 1 15 1.07 0.66 1.16 0.80

Interpreting the effect size. Handy guide - according to:

d
Cohen (1977) this is a: Wolf (1986) this is a:
0.60
MODERATE +ve effect PRACTICAL/CLINICAL +ve effe
.20 = small
0.40
.25 = educationally
.50 = moderate significant e.g., something was learnt
0.20

.50 = practically / clinically e.g., something really

.80 = large significant changed
0.00

References
Cohen, J. (1977). Statistical power analysis for behavioral sciences (revised ed.). New York: Academic Press.
Wikipedia (2010). Effect size: Cohen's d. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effect_size#Cohen.27s_d
Wolf, F.M. (1986). Meta-analysis: Quantitative Methods for Research Synthesis. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
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