A better stopping rule for conventional statistical tests

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 690-697

  Frick, Robert W ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039318168     PISSN: 07433808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03209488     Document Type: Article

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