The Claim

In strength and conditioning meta-analyses, effect sizes greater than 3.0 are highly likely to be statistical errors, with 59% of such values attributable to the misuse of standard error instead of standard deviation.

Source: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Common Errors in Meta-Analyses and Meta-Regressions in Strength & Conditioning Research

What the research says

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In plain English

When scientists combine results from lots of fitness studies, sometimes they get really big numbers—bigger than 3.0—and this claim says almost 6 out of 10 of those huge numbers are probably mistakes because they used the wrong math formula.

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Effect sizes greater than 3.0 in strength and conditioning meta-analyses are highly likely to be statistical errors, with 59% of such values attributable to the misuse of standard error instead of standard deviation.

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Common Errors in Meta-Analyses and Meta-Regressions in Strength & Conditioning Research

    This study found that many fitness research papers messed up their math by using the wrong number to calculate how strong an exercise is, making results look way bigger than they really are — like saying someone got 14 times stronger when they only got a little stronger. This matches the claim that big numbers like that are usually mistakes.

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