Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 34(9), pp.917–928. How to select, calculate and interpret effect sizes. It gives an insight into basic maneuvering across the software.
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Different options offered in the toolbarĬonsequently, all of the above shown features introduces the basic software interface. All of which will be demonstrated in the subsequent articles. The toolbar provides ease of running the analysis, entering the data using the “Insert column for effect size data” and the ability to customize the display of computed effect sizes. The image below shows the toolbar which offers with quick access to different options. Tools and Computational Analysis menu Toolbar with quick options It will be delved upon in detail in the next article. It allows identification of different categories such as study names and effect size data, for the analysis. The “Identify” tab helps in customizing data as per the software’s interface. The lite version offers the basic four indices of effect size, i.e the correlation for imputing paired SD, the variance for mean difference, symmetry for confidence intervals and variance for Hedge’s g. The “Computational Options” tab offers different types of effect size indices which the software can compute. The present module article, introduces the user to the software’s interface, focusing upon various functionalities of lite version of CMA software. It is capable of handling and executing multiple tests involved in performing Meta-analysis. The “Tools” menu offers different options for customizing the data display, wherein customization of the display of effect size computed by the software can be attained. The Comprehensive Meta-analysis (CMA) software is a user-friendly and diverse software. The image below shows the options offered in “Tools and Computational Analysis” menu. Format and Insert menu in CMA Tools and computational options Inserting blank rows or studies in the existing worksheet using the Blank row or rows and Study name option is easy. It holds relevance for performing the Meta-regression analysis and will be discussed further in another article. The moderator variable option allows entering a third variable, the moderator variable. Effect size is the magnitude of size and direction of the difference between the different experimental groups, which could be interpreted in terms of correlation, means or percentage (Durlak 2009). The effect size data option offers the pre-defined array of data entry formats, to enter the relevant data for analysis. The advanced version offer subgroup, time points, multiple outcomes and comparison column options. The Lite version offers only the “Study Names” option, which is appropriate for the present level of discussion. The Insert menu in CMA is very important, as it offers options to design the spreadsheet. The image below shows the options under “Format and Insert menus”. File and Edit menus of CMA Format and insert Menuīesides editing, formatting of the data entered in the spreadsheet, according to the type of data can be done. The Edit menu offers different options to edit the spreadsheet with particular editing options for a row, study or an entire column. In the file menu, open a new blank spreadsheet or a template, along with other basic functionalities. The image below shows the “File and Edit menus”. The different options and tools help in effectively designing the worksheet for analysis. This section introduces different types of options as offered by the interface. Blank spreadsheet in CMA Options on the toolbar of CMA Supposedly, “ Start a blank spreadsheet” is selected, then the software interface will be, as shown in the below image.
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It is an easy to understand and user-friendly version, before advancing onto the other tools of the Professional version. The Comprehensive Meta-analysis (CMA) software is a user-friendly and diverse software. Yashika Kapoor and Priya Chetty on December 24, 2017