Re: significance of correlation affected by sample size?


>A far more correct statement is that the "statistical
>significance" is approximately a function of the effect
>size multiplied by the square root of the sample size.

That's certainly true, but I think the spirit of Rosenthal's conceptual
equation is to remind/educate researchers that statistical significance
is a function of both effect size and sample size.

Thom

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