Are effect sizes and confidence levels problems for or solutions to the null hypothesis test?

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 198-216

  Riopelle, Arthur J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 0034167103     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: 19400888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221300009598579     Document Type: Article

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