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Eta-squared

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Eta-squared () is a measure of effect size for use in ANOVA (Analysis of variance).

is analogous to R2 from multiple linear regression.

= SSbetween / SStotal = SSB / SST
= proportion of variance in Y explained by X
= squared non-linear correlation coefficient

ranges between 0 and 1.

Interpret as for r2 or R2; a rule of thumb (Cohen):

  • .01 ~ small
  • .06 ~ medium
  • >.14 ~ large

In SAS, eta-squared statistics can be found in semi-partial eta-squared statistics in SAS 9.2.

The eta-squared column in SPSS F-table output is actually partial eta-squared () in versions of SPSS prior to V 11.0. [1]

was not previously provided by SPSS, however, it is available in V 18.0. It can also be calculated manually: = Between-Groups Sum of Squares / Total Sum of Squares.

R2 is provided at the bottom of SPSS F-tables is the linear effect as per MLR – however, if an IV has 3 or more non-interval levels, this won’t equate with .

References

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  1. CAUTIONARY NOTE ON REPORTING ETA-SQUARED VALUES FROM MULTIFACTOR ANOVA DESIGNS. Pierce C.A., Block, C.A. & Aguinis, H. Educational and Psychological Measurement 64(6), 2004.
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