Importance of effect sizes for the accumulation of knowledge

Anesthesiology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 415-417

  Houle, Timothy T ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; EFFECT SIZE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EDITORIAL POLICIES; HUMANS; PERIODICALS; STATISTICS;

EID: 34247467920     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200703000-00002     Document Type: Editorial

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