An alternative to Cohen's standardized mean difference effect size: A robust parameter and confidence interval in the two independent groups case

Psychological Methods

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 317-328

  Algina, James ^a   Keselman, H J ^b   Penfield, Randall D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Confidence interval; Effect size; Robust estimation

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS;

EID: 27344432518     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1082-989X.10.3.317     Document Type: Article

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