Analysis of ordinal dental data: Evaluation of conflicting recommendations

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 309-313

  Cohen, M E ^a  

^a Naval Institute for Dental and Biomedical Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental indices; Measurement scales; Non normality; Non parametric statistics; Parametric statistics

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH HYGIENE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERIODONTICS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DENTAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; ORAL HYGIENE INDEX; PERIODONTAL INDEX; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0034985712     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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