Understanding statistical power in the context of applied research

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 73-80

  Baguley, Thom ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Applied research; Experimental design; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL TESTS;

PROSPECTIVE POWER; RETROSPECTIVE POWER CALCULATION; SAMPLE SIZE ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL POWER;

RESEARCH;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1942539719     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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