From: Home Builder

Conduit isn't appropriate for many situations. The aforementioned house
has roughly three runs of 1" conduit to every room for network wiring
(RG6 QS, cat 5E, etc) --- and each top plate had to be bolstered with
steel straps from stud to stud on each side of each hole... a process
that only partially restored the strength lost from the large conduit
hole and will eventually cause headaches for the sheetrock hangers. In
spite of the drawbacks, conduit is appropriate for network wiring
because network wiring changes every few years. NOT SO with romex.

How does a hole, roughly 1 & 1/2" affect the strength of the top or bottom
plate of a wall?