"effect size" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: effect sizes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} effect size (plural effect sizes)
  1. (statistics) A measure of the strength or magnitude of the effect of an independent variable on a dependent variable in an experiment or a quasi-experiment. Categories (topical): Statistics Synonyms (measure of magnitude of effect): treatment effect, ATE Translations (a measure of the strength or magnitude of the effect): taille d’effet [feminine] (French), Effektstärke [feminine] (German), tamaño del efecto [masculine] (Spanish), magnitud del efecto [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-effect_size-en-noun-Itr0RSAT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

Inflected forms

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