Translating the Statistical Representation of the Effects of Education Interventions Into More Readily Interpretable Forms

Title:	Translating the Statistical Representation of the Effects of Education Interventions Into More Readily Interpretable Forms
Description:	This new Institute of Education Sciences (IES) report assists with the translation of effect size statistics into more readily interpretable forms for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers. This paper is directed to researchers who conduct and report education intervention studies. Its purpose is to stimulate and guide researchers to go a step beyond reporting the statistics that represent group differences. With what is often very minimal additional effort, those statistical representations can be translated into forms that allow their magnitude and practical significance to be more readily understood by those who are interested in the intervention that was evaluated.
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Cover Date:	November 2012
Web Release:	November 28, 2012
Print Release:	November 28, 2012
Publication #:	NCSER 20133000 General Ordering Information
Center/Program:	NCSER
Associated Centers:	IES
Authors:	Mark W. Lipsey, Kelly Puzio, Cathy Yun, Michael A. Hebert, Kasia Steinka-Fry, Mikel W. Cole, Megan Roberts, Karen S. Anthony, and Matthew D. Busick
Type of Product:	Technical Methods Report
Keywords:	Education Interventions Projections of Education Statistics Statistical Standards and Methodology
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