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Cohen's d for the mean difference (v1.

2) Cohen's d with Confidence Interv

Enter sample sizes (N), means, standard deviations (SDs) and confidence level
into the green cells. Pink cells give Cohen's d, confidence intervals, and 12.00
interpretations
Confid. Mean d lower
Media 1 Des. Est. 1 N1 Level Difference limit za/2 10.00

0.95 0.00 #DIV/0! 1.96


Pooled d upper 8.00
Media 2 Des. Est. 2 N2 Variance d de Cohen limit
0.00 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

d
Interpreting the effect size. Handy guide - according to: 6.00
Cohen (1977) this is a: Wolf (1986) this is a:
#DIV/0! #DIV/0!
.20 = small 4.00

.25 = educationally
.50 = moderate significant e.g., something was learnt 2.00

.50 = practically / clinically e.g., something really


.80 = large significant changed 0.00

References
Cohen, J. (1977). Statistical power analysis for behavioral sciences (revised ed.). New York: Academic Press.
Wolf, F.M. (1986). Meta-analysis: Quantitative Methods for Research Synthesis. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
Cohen's d with Confidence Interval

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