Is the effect large enough to matter? Why exercise physiologists should interpret effect sizes meaningfully: a reply to Williams et al. (2023)

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Cristian Mesquida et al. J Physiol. 2024 Jan.

. 2024 Jan;602(1):241-242.

doi: 10.1113/JP285901. Epub 2023 Nov 20.

¹ Human-Technology Interaction group, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, North Brabant, 5612 AE, The Netherlands.

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Keywords: effect size; interpretation; null-hypothesis significance testing; smallest effect size of interest.

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Reply from Sean Williams, Richard G. Carson and Katalin Tóth.
Williams S, Carson RG, Tóth K. Williams S, et al. J Physiol. 2024 Jan;602(1):243-244. doi: 10.1113/JP285954. Epub 2023 Dec 4. J Physiol. 2024. PMID: 38048257 No abstract available.

Moving beyond P values in The Journal of Physiology: A primer on the value of effect sizes and confidence intervals.
Williams S, Carson R, Tóth K. Williams S, et al. J Physiol. 2023 Dec;601(23):5131-5133. doi: 10.1113/JP285575. Epub 2023 Oct 10. J Physiol. 2023. PMID: 37815959 No abstract available.

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