Planning Significant and Meaningful Research in Exercise Science: Estimating Sample Size

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-43

  Thomas, Jerry R ^a   Lochbaum, Marc R ^a   Landers, Daniel M ^a   He, Chunxiao ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Effect size; Research methods; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXERCISE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICS;

EXERCISE; HUMANS; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICS;

EID: 0031088555     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.1997.10608864     Document Type: Article

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