The weaknesses of strong inference

Behavior and Philosophy

Volumn 29, Issue , 2001, Pages 1-20

  O'Donohue, William ^a   Buchanan, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypothesis testing; Strong inference

Indexed keywords

EID: 12444332899     PISSN: 10538348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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