Practically significant relationships between two variables
By H. S. Steyn. 2002
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It is shown how effect sizes can be used to establish whether relationships between two variables are practically significant (important). This is done for populations as well as for samples. Four cases are distinguished: When both variables are nominal, both dichotomous, one dichotomous and the other on an interval scale and lastly both variables on an interval scale. Examples are given to illustrate the use of the suggested effect sizes. Opsomming Daar word aangetoon hoe effekgroottes gebruik kan word om te bepaal of verbande tussen twee veranderlikes prakties betekenisvol (belangrik) is. Dit word vir populasies sowel as vir steekproewe gedoen. Vier gevalle word onderskei: Wanneer albei veranderlikes nominaal, albei digotoom, een digotoom en die ander op ‘n intervalskaal en laastens albei veranderlikes op ‘n intervalskaal is. Voorbeelde word gegee om die gebruik van die voorgestelde effekgroottes te illustreer.
Subfields: Statistics and Probability
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Citations in the corpus
- Job insecurity, extrinsic and intrinsic job satisfaction and affective organisational commitment of maintenance workers in a parastatal (2005, methodology): “Steyn (2002) criticises the sole uses of statistical significance testing and recommends that effect sizes be established to determine the importance of a statistically significance relationship.”
- Psychological empowerment, job insecurity and employee engagement (2010, methodology): “Using the four cognitions of Thomas and Velthouse’s (1990) model, Spreitzer (1995) developed and empirically validated a multidimensional measure of psychological empowerment in the workplace.”
- Associations between the perceived quality of the coach–athlete relationship and athlete burnout: An examination of the mediating role of achievement goals (2016, methodology): “Effect sizes were used to determine the practical significance of the results (Steyn, 2002).”