How to report degrees of freedom of Welch's t-test according to APA 7?

Franziska Unterseher @Franziska-Unterseher

17 April 2021 1 6K Report

For most test statistics degrees of freedom are integers. For Welch's t-Test however, degrees of freedom are often decimals. According to APA 7, should I report the exact degrees of freedom or round them in the results section?

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