New Preprint!
Ever wonder what non-scientists think about the effect sizes that psychologists report?
@GordPennycook and I wondered just that…
Turns out lay people think that even the largest effects (d = .90) are unimpressive.
https://psyarxiv.com/qu9hn/
Preprint here!
Ever wonder what non-scientists think about the effect sizes that psychologists report?
@GordPennycook and I wondered just that…
Turns out lay people think that even the largest effects (d = .90) are unimpressive.
https://psyarxiv.com/qu9hn/

In two studies, we showed people are variety of graphs depicting small (d=.2) and huge (d=.9) effect sizes. Turns out people aren't terribly convinced by any of them! Even the largest ones are perceived as "small" and only "somewhat meaningful"