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Educational and Psychological Measurement, Vol. 61, No. 4,
532-574 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/0013164401614002
A Primer on the Understanding, Use, and Calculation of Confidence Intervals that are Based on Central and Noncentral Distributions
Geoff Cumming
La Trobe UniversityG.Cumming{at}latrobe.edu.au
Sue Finch
University of Melbourne
Reform of statistical practice in the social and behavioral sciences requires wider use of confidence intervals (CIs), effect size measures, and meta-analysis. The authors discuss four reasons for promoting use of CIs: They (a) are readily interpretable, (b) are linked to familiar statistical significance tests, (c) can encourage meta-analytic thinking, and (d) give information about precision. The authors discuss calculation of CIs for a basic standardized effect size measure, Cohen’s  (also known as Cohen’s d), and contrast these with the familiar CIs for original score means. CIs for require use of noncentral t distributions, which the authors apply also to statistical power and simple meta-analysis of standardized effect sizes. They provide the ESCI graphical software, which runs under Microsoft Excel, to illustrate the discussion. Wider use of CIs for and other effect size measures should help promote highly desirable reform of statistical practice in the social sciences.
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