It’s based on the approach which Stephen Kolassa described. I thought I’d post it in a little more depth here, with a few illustrative figures. So, I posted an answer on cross validation regarding logistic regression. I’ll post again with a correction or a more full explanation when I’ve sorted it. We’ll get the same Z scores from degrees Fahrenheit as degrees Celsius, and the new odds ratio will be in terms of one standard deviation increases in temperature, rather than one degree.Please note – I’ve spotted a problem with the approach taken in this post – it seems to underestimate power in certain circumstances. If we standardize the temperature (aka, convert the scale to Z scores), we’ve removed the units. The second is when the numerical predictor is standardized. marsh is 2.3, we know the odds of the invasive plant being in a fen is 2.3 times that of a marsh. The odds ratio for whether the wetland was a fen or a marsh can be considered standardized, not because we’ve removed any units, but because there never were any. The first situation is when the predictor is also binary. Surprisingly, I’ve seen odds ratios listed as standardized effect size statistics.Ī little digging showed those authors were referring to one of two situations. Odds Ratios as Standardized Effect Size Statistics The direction and the strength of the relationship would be the same, but the statistic would be evaluated on a different scale. I realize no ecologist would do so, but if the water were measured in degrees Fahrenheit, that odds ratio would have a different value. It’s unstandardized because it’s based on the units of temperature. It tells you the direction and the strength of the relationship between water temperature and the odds that the plant is present. That odds ratio is an unstandardized effect size statistic. If the odds ratio for water temperature is 1.12, that means that for each one-degree Celsius increase in water temperature, the odds of the wetland having the invasive plant species is 1.12 times as big, after controlling for the other predictors. Predictors include water temperature in degrees Celsius, altitude, and whether the wetland is a fen or a marsh. Odds ratios measure how many times bigger the odds of one outcome is for one value of an IV, compared to another value.įor example, let’s say you’re doing a logistic regression for a ecology study on whether or not a wetland in a certain area has been infected with a specific invasive plant. If you’re at all familiar with logistic regression, you’re also familiar with odds ratios. Most people mean standardized when they say “effect size statistic.” But both describe the magnitude and direction of the research findings. So a difference in two means and a regression coefficient are both effect size statistics and both are useful to report. Unstandardized statistics are still measured in the original units of the variables. People like correlation because the strength and direction of any two correlations can be compared, regardless of the units of the variables on which the correlation was measured. Standardized statistics have been stripped of all units of measurement.Ĭorrelation is a nice example. There are two types of effect size statistics– standardized and unstandardized. “…provide information about the magnitude and direction of the difference between two groups or the relationship between two variables.” This quotation by Joseph Durlak explains it nicely: So now what do you use? Types of Effect Size Statisticsįirst, it’s important to understand what effect size statistics are for and why they’re worth reporting. Many of the common effect size statistics, like eta-squared and Cohen’s d, can’t be calculated in a logistic regression model. Things get trickier, though, once you venture into other types of models. If you’re running an ANOVA, t-test, or linear regression model, it’s pretty straightforward which ones to report. Effect size statistics are expected by many journal editors these days.
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