Using the Normal Quantile Plot to Explore Meta-Analytic Data Sets

Psychological Methods

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 46-54

  Wang, Morgan C ^a   Bushman, Brad J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Iowa State University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0032379593     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1082-989X.3.1.46     Document Type: Article

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