Testing Type II error rates in biological anthropology

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 283-289

  Byers, Steven N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypothesis formulation; Statistical tests; Type II errors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ERROR; HYPOTHESIS; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033976035     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(200002)111:2<283::AID-AJPA11>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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