Significance testing in psychological research: Some Persisting Issues

Psychological Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 18-20

  Estes, W K ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0347771534     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.1997.tb00538.x     Document Type: Article

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