Statistical Issues in Developmental Epidemiology and Developmental Disabilities Research: Confounding Variables, Small Sample Size, and Numerous Outcome Variables

International Review of Research in Mental Retardation

Volumn 33, Issue , 2006, Pages 93-120

  Blackford, Jennifer Urbano ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 33845352767     PISSN: 00747750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7750(06)33005-4     Document Type: Review

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