When I talk science to non-scientists, I often get questions about how to interpret sizes of correlations or other metrics. While one can give rough guidelines invariant of the topic…
Reporting the proportion of variance explained by some statistical model is ubiquitous. However, just like p-values, it is a misleading metric. I'll try explain why it is used, and why…
Since I keep having to look for these, here's a compilation for ease of reference. Hemphill, J. F. (2003). Interpreting the magnitudes of correlation coefficients. American Psychologist. Ungated Discusses empirical…