The Power of Replications and Replications of Power

American Statistician

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 271-275

  Ottenbacher, Kenneth J ^a  

^a School of Allied Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental error; Research design; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030336428     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: 15372731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00031305.1996.10474398     Document Type: Article

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