This would be the place where I share information about the things I read in my disabled state including topics such as disability, functionality and pain. Originally, this blog might have been about my reading what experts say about disability from the eyes of a disabled with chronic pain. At this point, it would capture the readings I go through while... sort of disabled in my multidimensional existence.
Disclaimer: English Kinda Thing
The sole purpose of the "English Kinda Thing" is to document my attempts to correct my own mistakes in standard English usage and to share the resources I find. In no way do I attempt to teach nobody English through these blurbs--just as I intend not to teach nobody to be a neurotic and psychotic handicap in Ratology Reloaded or Down with Meds! :-)
Came across this interesting article... essentially, might be an article base on the dual-coding type of theoretical framework... looking at the plausible differences between schizophrenic patients and normal people memory-related performance. Since many studies have investigated the topic from the perspective of auditory channel, this study also added the component of visual channel into the equation.
Regardless... what the abstract of this writing tells me is that... oops... my memory is fxcked-up-- well, ain't like I haven't complained about my bad memories.
An interesting thought that came to my mind, independent of this writing, was that... well... it is sort of like an issue of double-jeopardy...
What exactly might be the source of the perceived differences?
The condition itself or the side effect of the medication?
Would it even be a question worth asking since... well... psychotics need to be medicated anyways?
Not my business anyways... since it's already my job to be psychotic. Leave some jobs for others to perform. 8-O lol
The rule thumb for eta-squared effect size is .01 for small, .06 for medium and .14 for large according to Cohen (1988)
The calculation of Eta Squared for Mixed design based on SPSS output-- which is sort of different from the general ANOVA models- can be found here.
Essentially:
eta squared for within=(ss within effect)/(ss within total)
eta squared for between=(ss between effect)/(ss between total)
One thing worth mentioning is that-- say you have one between variable called group, you will see on your between-factor output 3 sources: Intercept, Group, Error. The SS total for between factor= SS Group+SS Error. Let go of the intercept.
I went on a mission trying to figure out how I might be able to convert partial eta squared reported in SPSS to eta squared (thank God that my professors are 12 hour time difference away 8-X lol).
Thank God, the pursuit got cut short after I came across the linked article.
There is no way to convert partial eta squared to eta squared. You have to go back to calculate the sum of squared total.
The study of Burleson (2007), native Mandarin speakers were requested to practices minimal pairs of vowel contrasts. The participants listen to a model pronunciation first before speak to microphone to have a computerized speech recognizer providing feedback on the their utterance. Results of the evaluation study found significant improvements in participants' pronunciation.
Interestingly, the author observed a drop in the pronunciation of the [i]-[I] contrast. It was speculated that such observations might be due to the influences of the preponderance stimuli and participants might have overapplied what they have learned.
While Becker's effect size calculator might come in handy, if you need to do a whole lot of conversions, you might consider simply put all things into excel everything would be spitted out in split second with one paste...
If this case, you would need to understand a secret code on Becker's page...
This question mark hidden inside of a black diamond... apparently indicates..."squart root." 8-O lol
Bon chance.
Let me know shall you have any question.
(Wouldn't love to make the algorithm etc looking for beautiful except for... a bit too tired for the day. Sorry.)
Been working with this dataset... since t-test is pretty robust and should be good enough to handle n=10, I've working with t-test with not to much hesitation.
Than, there came to the time when the sample size went down to 8 and 9, I am sort of nervous... thus... on a mission in search of the rule of thumb for the sample size...
Regardless, after recalculating the data I was working on, results of the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test didn't differ too much from those of the paired-sample t-tests.
Getting old here... what my teachers taught me before have been sent to the warehouse somewhere on another planet.... might have been Neptune, I think.
So I was trying to figure out how to conduct a repeated measures test with two within-subject variables.
SOS --- Help needed to publish my four books
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All four books are done and what I need to do is to get them published and
distributed.
It's imposing far more stress than I can handle especially after m...
Whit
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Whit sounds like wit and according to dictionary.com, it means
a particle; bit; jot (used especially in negative phrases).
I have changed not a whit. I do...
A dream: Backpacking
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On my way back from NYC to Taipei in April, I managed to get myself an
extended layover (over 2 weeks) in Japan, landing at and exiting from the
Narita Air...
Ratprincess in Technology not lost?
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Given my sick-in-the-headness, sometimes it's hard to trust my LTM. Did
Ratprincess in Technology really exist or was it my false memory?
As I was marv...
Traces of the past
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A link I found that has been live online from the Down with Meds age.
Apparently, the past has always been there whether I knew it or not.
