The p-Value Fallacy and How to Avoid it

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 189-202

  Dixon, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 0141567852     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0087425     Document Type: Article

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