Statistical power analysis in wildlife research

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 270-279

  Steidl, Robert J ^a,b   Hayes, John P ^a   Schauber, Eric ^a,c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence intervals; Effect size; Experimental design; Hypothesis testing; Power; Research design; Sample size; Statistical inference; Statistical power analysis; Type I error; Type II error

Indexed keywords

POWER ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030619056     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802582     Document Type: Article

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