On the Logic and Purpose of Significance Testing

Psychological Methods

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-172

  Cortina, Jose M ^a   Dunlap, William P ^a  

^a MSN 3F5 ^*

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EID: 0000358366     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1082-989X.2.2.161     Document Type: Article

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