Confidence interval coverage for Cohen's effect size statistic

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 945-960

  Algina, James ^a   Keselman, H J ^b   Penfield, Randall D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence interval; Effect size; Interval; Nonnormality; Robust parameter; Statistic

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750733563     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164406288161     Document Type: Article

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