Modem Robust Data Analysis Methods: Measures of Central Tendency

Psychological Methods

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 254-274

  Wilcox, Rand R ^a   Keselman, H J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY;

HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0142087861     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1082-989X.8.3.254     Document Type: Article

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