Useful Effect Size Interpretations for Single Case Research

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-105

  Parker, Richard I ^a   Hagan Burke, Shanna ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CASE STUDY; COMMON LANGUAGE EFFECT SIZE; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EFFECT SIZE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; RESEARCH; SINGLE CASE RESEARCH; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VARIANCE;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33846818379     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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