Significant and meaningful effects in sports biomechanics research

Sports Biomechanics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 96-104

  Knudson, Duane ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha; Effect size; Error; Multiple comparisons; Validity

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SPORT; SPORTS MEDICINE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

BIOMECHANICS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH; SPORTS; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 60749131361     PISSN: 14763141     EISSN: 17526116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14763140802629966     Document Type: Review

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