Statistics: Not a confidence trick. A commentary on "Guidelines for reporting statistics in journals published by the American Physiological Society: The sequel"

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 300-301

  Rangachari, P K ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 37149005477     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00069.2007     Document Type: Note

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