Effect size in multiple regression

[bradyj7]

Hello,

I'm using this this calculator to determine a rough sample size for a multiple regression (20 predictors).

http://www.stattools.net/SSizmreg_Pgm.php

I don't really understand the effect size?

Could somebody tell me if you are using multiple regression (with 20 predictors) and you want the regression to have an R2 > 0.8, do you want a small effect size for example 0.2 or a large effect size for example 0.5?

Basically I want a accurate model, what effect size value should I use?

Thank you

 

[chiro]

Hey bradyj7.

You may want to take a look at this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_correlation