How measurement error affects the interpretation and understanding of effect sizes

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 178-180

  Burchinal, Margaret R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Effect sizes; Measurement; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649243786     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2008.00062.x     Document Type: Article

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