Misuse of statistical tests in Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology publications

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1053-1059

  Schatz, Philip ^a   Jay, Kristin A ^a   McComb, Jason ^a   McLaughlin, Jason R ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Effect size; Multivariate; Neuropsychology; Null hypothesis testing; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ERROR; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION CENTER; INTERNET; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; PAPER; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

EID: 27844470191     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acn.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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