A call for statistical reform in EAQ

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 381-391

  Byrd, Jimmy K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence intervals; Effect size; Null hypothesis significance testing; Reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547458548     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: 15523519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X06297137     Document Type: Article

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