The fallacy of the null hypothesis in soft psychology

Applied and Preventive Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-86

  Waller, Niels G ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

MMPI 2; Null hypothesis; Soft psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242742262     PISSN: 09621849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appsy.2004.02.015     Document Type: Note

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