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How Methodological Features Affect Effect Sizes in Education

Cheung, Alan C. K., Slavin, Robert E.·2016·Educational Researcher

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As evidence becomes increasingly important in educational policy, it is essential to understand how research design might contribute to reported effect sizes in experiments evaluating educational programs. A total of 645 studies from 12 recent reviews of evaluations of preschool, reading, mathematics, and science programs were studied. Effect sizes were roughly twice as large for published articles, small-scale trials, and experimenter-made measures, compared to unpublished documents, large-scale studies, and independent measures, respectively. Effect sizes were significantly higher in quasi-experiments than in randomized experiments. Excluding tutoring studies, there were no significant differences in effect sizes between elementary and middle/high studies. Regression analyses found that effects of all factors maintained after controlling for all other factors. Explanations for the effects of methodological features on effect sizes are discussed, as are implications for evidence-based policy.

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Authors: Cheung, A. C. K., & Slavin, R. E.
Affiliations: Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
Johns Hopkins University (US)
ORCID: Cheung, Alan C. K.
Slavin, Robert E.
Venue: Educational Researcher
Publisher: American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Published: 2016-06
Volume: 45
Issue: 5
Pages: 283-292
ISSN: 0013-189X (ISSN-L)
1935-102X
DOI: 10.3102/0013189x16656615
OpenAlex: W2470242385
Cited by: 529
References: 37
Citations by year: 2026: 61 · 2025: 57 · 2024: 57 · 2023: 56 · 2022: 62 · 2021: 57 · 2020: 94 · 2019: 36 · 2018: 23 · 2017: 18 · 2016: 8
FWCI: 26.47
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Educational Researcher (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
Social Sciences › Public Administration › Evaluation and Performance Assessment
Social Sciences › Education › Educational Research and Methods
Keywords: effect size, research design, methodological characteristics, educational program evaluation, randomized experiments, quasi-experiments, unpublished research, preschool programs, reading programs, mathematics programs, science programs, evidence-based policy, publication bias

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