Revisiting the assumptions for inferential statistical analyses: A conceptual guide

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Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 418-439

  Chen, Ang ^a   Zhu, Weirno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 5344241819     PISSN: 00336297     EISSN: 15432750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00336297.2001.10491756     Document Type: Article

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