Ceiling Effect

Authors

Affiliations

Nate Yomogida, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.S. in Kinesiology

Chloë Kerstein, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.A. in Neuroscience

Definition

Ceiling effect refers to “a situation in which many scores pile up at the high end of a distribution (creating skewness to the left) because it is not possible to have a higher score.”¹

References

Aron A, Coups EJ, Aron E. Statistics for Psychology. 6th ed. Pearson; 2013.

Citation

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Yomogida N, Kerstein C. Ceiling Effect. https://yomokerst.com/The Archive/Evidene Based Practice/Article Appraisal/Validity/Threats to internal validity/ceiling_effect.html