Exploring the APA fifth edition publication manual's impact on the analytic preferences of journal editorial board members

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 554-565

  Capraro, Mary Margaret ^a   Capraro, Robert M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence intervals; Editorial boards; Effect sizes; Null hypothesis testing; Practical significance; Statistical significance testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042071207     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164403256364     Document Type: Article

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