Computing Gender Difference Effects in Tails of Distributions: The Consequences of Differences in Tail Size, Effect Size, and Variance Ratio.

Hedges, Larry V.; Friedman, Lynn

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Publication Date: 1993

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Computing Gender Difference Effects in Tails of Distributions: The Consequences of Differences in Tail Size, Effect Size, and Variance Ratio.

Hedges, Larry V.; Friedman, Lynn

Review of Educational Research, v63 n1 p110-12 Spr 1993

Feingold's reply illustrates that his steps in characterizing tail effect sizes are not the calculations the authors had imagined. Attempting to reproduce Feingold's calculations, the authors still often find themselves in disagreement with interpretations Feingold has placed in his table. (SLD)

Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Effect Size, Females, Intelligence, Males, Research Methodology, Research Problems, Scores, Sex Differences, Standardized Tests, Statistical Distributions, Test Interpretation

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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