The search for meaningful ways to express the effects of interventions

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 181-186

  Cooper, Harris ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Effect size; Effects of interventions

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649195595     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2008.00063.x     Document Type: Article

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