Communicating judgments about practical significance: Effect size, confidence intervals and odds ratios

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 287-300

  Vaske, Jerry J ^a   Gliner, Jeffrey A ^a   Morgan, George A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 2342652124     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871200214752     Document Type: Article

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