Interpretation mistakes in statistical methods: Their importance and some recommendations;Errores de interpretaciõn de los mẽtodos estadĩsticos: Importancia y recomendaciones

Psicothema

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 848-856

  Monterde I Bort, Hẽctor ^a   Llobel, Juan Pascual ^a   Navarro, Marĩa Dolores Frĩas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; COMPREHENSION; CULTURE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 33750594685     PISSN: 02149915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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