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Message-ID: <CAKDq9_OTq6NaD4SUuWer+d=BSJc=RMfyz3NWAVZX1w2Cr+HRhw-5103@mail.gmail.com>
Date: 2019-10-03T16:54:28Z
From: P. Roberto Bakker
Subject: [R-meta] Calculating SMD from posttest only - is this possible?

Hi everybody

I am performing a meta-analysis (with 'metafor' R-project) as described by
Becker (1988), and I compute the standardized mean change for a treatment
and control group.

I compute a (standardized) effect size measure for pretest posttest control
group designs, where the characteristic, response, or dependent variable
assessed in the individual studies is a quantitative variable (Morris 2008).

Now, two new articles are published recently with only the posttests.

Question: can SMDs still be calculated with only the posttest (and sd) of
treatment and control groups?

Thank you in advance, Roberto

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