A survey of the statistical power of research in behavioral ecology and animal behavior

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 438-445

  Jennions, Michael D ^a,b   Møller, Anders Pape ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

Author keywords

Effect size; Meta analysis; Publication bias; Sample sizes; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ECOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038322948     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/14.3.438     Document Type: Article

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