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Title: A study designed to compare two ethnic groups on a measure of a particular personality trait used a
Post by: yhernandez on Sep 30, 2018
A study designed to compare two ethnic groups on a measure of a particular personality
trait used a large number of participants in order to have high power. The study found a
significant result, but the difference between the means was very small (that is, there
was a small effect size). What conclusion can be drawn regarding the difference
between the two groups on the personality scale, and why?


Title: Re: A study designed to compare two ethnic groups on a measure of a particular personality trait ...
Post by: bio_man on Oct 6, 2019
When comparing two means if the difference between the means is large and the variance within the samples is small then the t value will be large.