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Table 3 Crosstabulation of estimated Cohen’s d for significant and non-significant condition for both studies

From: The significance fallacy in inferential statistics

Category

Thermometer study

Locomotion study

‘Significant’ (n = 53)

‘Non-significant’ (n = 73)

‘Significant’ (n = 65)

‘Non-significant’ (n = 68)

Large (d > 0.80)

17 (30%)

7 (9%)

24 (37%)

11 (16%)

Medium (0.50 < d < 0.80)

12 (15%)

7 (9%)

19 (29%)

4 (6%)

Small (0.30 < d < 0.50)

8 (23%)

16 (22%)

13 (20%)

12 (18%)

Very small (0.00 < d < 0.30)

16 (30%)

43 (59%)

9 (13%)

41 (60%)