The Insignificance of Significance Testing

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 981-986

  Nicholls, Neville ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

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EID: 0043029132     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2001)082<0981:caatio>2.3.co;2     Document Type: Review

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