A measure of the magnitude or strength of a finding, such as how different two experimental groups are. Small effect sizes indicate weak or potentially less meaningful findings. A finding can be statistically significant but have a small effect size
Information that can't be published until a certain date or time.
The group that receives the intervention or treatment being tested in a study.
The type of study in which researchers manipulate a variable, for example by introducing a new treatment or drug. These studies involve an experimental group, which receives the treatment, and a control group, which does not.
The element that differs between the experimental and control groups of a study. In a drug trial, the experimental variable would be the drug being tested.
