Null hypothesis significance testing: Effect size matters

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 291-301

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

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

Author keywords

Effect Sizes; Null Hypothesis; Significance Testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242698098     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/108712001753473966     Document Type: Article

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