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It's been a while since I studied stats so I hope you'll be patient with me. I think our average reader is even less informed than me though so we should definitely spell this out more plainly. If we use advanced math language it should be preceded with explanations of "d" an so on. [[User:Wizard32|Wiz]] ([[User talk:Wizard32|talk]]) 00:37, 2 January 2022 (UTC) | It's been a while since I studied stats so I hope you'll be patient with me. I think our average reader is even less informed than me though so we should definitely spell this out more plainly. If we use advanced math language it should be preceded with explanations of "d" an so on. [[User:Wizard32|Wiz]] ([[User talk:Wizard32|talk]]) 00:37, 2 January 2022 (UTC) | ||
: You are right that it is too mathematical for the lede. What you have calculated is the difference of the group means (the group of | : You are right that it is too mathematical for the lede. What you have calculated is the difference of the group means (the group of tall men vs. the group short men). That means that short men ''do'' have a lower partner count, but that hides the fact that ''some'' short men ''do'' have a high partner count and some tall men have a low partner count. So the two groups overlap in terms of partner count. Cohen's d measures the overlap between two groups and a Cohen's d of 0.2 is considered a small difference. See this: https://rpsychologist.com/cohend/ [[User:Bibipi|Bibipi]] ([[User talk:Bibipi|talk]]) 01:32, 2 January 2022 (UTC) |