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Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences

by Jacob Cohen. 572 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Jacob Cohen

Publisher:

   Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

Place of Publication:

  Hillsdale, NJ  

Publication Year:

  1988
Subjects:   Probabilities, Social Sciences--Statistical Methods
Table of contents
Contents
Chapter 1. The Concepts of Power Analysis
1.1. General Introduction 1
1.2. Significance Criterion 4
1.3. Reliability of Sample Results and Sample Size 6
1.4. The Effect Size 8
1.5. Types of Power Analysis 14
1.6. Significance Testing 17
1.7. Plan of Chapters 2-9 17
Chapter 2. The t Test for Means
2.1. Introduction and Use 19
2.2. The Effect Size Index: 20
2.3. Power Tables 27
2.4. Sample Size Tables 52
2.5. The Use of the Tables for Significance Testing 66
Chapter 3. The Significance of a Product Moment r
3.1. Introduction and Use 75
3.2. The Effect Size: 77
3.3. Power Tables 83
3.4. Sample Size Tables 99
3.5. The Use of the Tables for Significance Testing of 105
Chapter 4. Differences between Correlation Coefficients
4.1. Introduction and Use 109
4.2. The Effect Size Index: q 110
4.3. Power Tables 116
4.4. Sample Size Tables 133
4.5. The Use of the Tables for Significance Testing 139
Chapter 5. The Test that a Proportion is .50 and the Sign Test
5.1. Introdction and Use 145
5.2. The Effect Size Index: g 147
5.3. Power Tables 150
5.4. Sample Size Tables 166
5.5 The Use of the Tables for Significance Testing 175
Chapter 6. Differences between Proportions
6.1. Introduction and Use 179
6.2. The Arcsine Transformation and te Effect Size Index: 180
6.3. Power Tables 185
6.4. Sample Size Tables 204
6.5. The Use of the Tables for Significance Testing 209
Chapter 7. Chi-Square Tests for Goodness of Fit and Contingency Tables
7.1. Introduction and Use 215
7.2. The Effect Size index: 216
7.3. Power Tables 227
7.4. Sample Size Tables 252
Chapter 8. The Analysis of Variance and Covariance
8.1. Introduction and Use 273
8.2. The Effect Size Index: 274
8.3. Power Tables 288
8.4. Sample Size Tables 380
8.5. The Use of the Tables for Significance Testing 403
Chapter 9. Multiple Regression and Correlation Analysis
9.1. Introdction and Use 407
9.2. The Effect Size Index: 410
9.3. Power Tables 414
9.4. L Tables and the Determination of Sample Size 444
Chapter 10. Set Correlation and Multivariate Methods
10.1. Introduction and Use 467
10.2. The Effect Size Index: 473
10.3. Determining the Power 481
10.4. Determining Sample Size 514
Chapter 11. Some Issues in Power Analysis
11.1. Introduction 531
11.2. Effect Size 531
11.3. Reliability 535
11.4. "Qualifying" Dependent Variables 537
Chapter 12. Computational Procedures
12.1. Introdction 543
12.2. Test for Means 544
12.3. The Significance of a Product Moment 545
12.4. Differences between Correlation Coefficient 546
12.5. The Test that a Proportion is .50 and the Sign Test 547
12.6. Differences between Proportions 548
12.7. Chi-Square Tests for Goodness of Fit and Contingency Tables 549
12.8. Test on Means and the Analysis of Variance and Covariance 550
12.9. Test of Variance Proportions in Multiple Regression/Correlation Analysis 551
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