Why scientists value p values

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 390-396

  Dixon, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 0000854691     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03208815     Document Type: Article

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