Overcoming feelings of powerlessness in 'aging' researchers: A primer on statistical power in analysis of variance designs

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 84-106

  Levin, Joel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VARIANCE;

AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0030952802     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.12.1.84     Document Type: Article

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