Re: effect size: eta-squared vs partial eta-squared

Posted by Alexander J. Shackman on Jul 18, 2006; 6:01pm
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/effect-size-eta-squared-vs-partial-eta-squared-tp1069749p1069755.html

see also

http://web.uccs.edu/lbecker/Psy590/es.htm
and
http://web.uccs.edu/lbecker/SPSS/glm_effectsize.htm

On 7/18/06, Dogan, Enis <[hidden email]> wrote:

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> Dear all
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> SPSS reports partial et-sq as opposed to eta-squared.
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> I found in the literature the rule thumb for eta-squared as small
> (0.01), medium (0.06), and large (0.14) (Cohen, 1988).
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> Does this apply to partial eta-squared as well?
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> Also, the definition of eta-squared gives me the idea that it is no
> different than what some of us call partial R squared.
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> Am I right?
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> There is rumor out there that "researchers erroneously report partial
> eta-squared values as representing classical eta-squared values"
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> http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~haguinis/APMinpress.pdf
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> Any value in this argument?
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> Thanx
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> Enis
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