Probability as certainty: Dichotomous thinking and the misuse of p values

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1033-1037

  Hoekstra, Rink ^a   Finch, Sue ^b   Johnson, Addie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c HENK AL KIERS   (Netherlands)

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EID: 34248191722     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03213921     Document Type: Article

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