Comparing groups in a before-after design: When t test and ANCOVA produce different results

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 663-675

  Wright, Daniel B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33749317877     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709905X52210     Document Type: Article

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