Comparing effect sizes across variables: Generalization without the need for Bonferroni correction

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 682-687

  Garamszegi, László Zsolt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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CORRECTION; SIZE EFFECT;

EID: 33745632767     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ark005     Document Type: Review

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