ML-DEs: A program for designing efficient multilevel studies

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 236-249

  Cools, Wilfried ^a   Van Den Noortgate, Wim ^a   Onghena, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOFTWARE;

EID: 43249116125     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BRM.40.1.236     Document Type: Article

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