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ERIC Number: EJ463382
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-6543
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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Language: English
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Identifiers: Mean (Statistics); Research Replication; Tails (Statistics); Variability
Note: Replies to "Joint Effects of Gender Differences in Central Tendency and Gender Differences in Variability" (A. Feingold, 1993). For related documents, see TM 517 199-202.