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Publication Date: 2012
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A Simple Effect Size Estimator for Single Case Designs Using WinBUGS
Rindskopf, David; Shadish, William; Hedges, Larry
Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness
Data from single case designs (SCDs) have traditionally been analyzed by visual inspection rather than statistical models. As a consequence, effect sizes have been of little interest. Lately, some effect-size estimators have been proposed, but most are either (i) nonparametric, and/or (ii) based on an analogy incompatible with effect sizes from group-based studies. As part of a research program conducted by Shadish, Hedges, and Rindskopf, this paper reports a beginning step to fill the gap between effect sizes in SCDs and in group-based designs. When, as is typically the case, an SCD involves multiple participants, it is possible to use variation among participants as a denominator in an effect size measure, as is done in between-group research. A simple estimator of this type can easily be implemented using WinBUGS, a Bayesian program that has extreme flexibility.
Descriptors: Intervention, Effect Size, Bayesian Statistics, Research Design, Quasiexperimental Design, Models, Markov Processes, Monte Carlo Methods, Meta Analysis, Research
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