Does order of treatment/control group matter for esc_mean_gain function?

[Mihaylova1]

Hi Daniel & all,

Does anyone know whether group1 should always be treatment group and group2 as control? For some functions like convert_d2r and esc_B, it is stipulated to enter experimental group values as group 1 and control group as group 2. However, for functions like esc_mean_sd and esc_mean_gain, this is not stipulated.

I've been using the function esc_mean_gain entering treatment group as group1 and getting opposite results from what is anticipated. Just wondering whether there is a necessary order for these two functions and what computations they are doing to obtain the result?

Thank you for your input