Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology VIOLA.ROSS-SMITH Thu, 17/09/2026 - 10:22
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Gould, E., Fraser, H.S., Parker, T.H. ... Smith, J. ... et al.
Although variation in effect sizes and predicted values among studies of similar phenomena is inevitable, such variation far exceeds what might be produced by sampling error alone. One possib…
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