Is Psychological Research Really as Good as Medical Research? Effect Size Comparisons Between Psychology and Medicine

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 130-136

  Ferguson, Christopher J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

effect size (statistical); medical research; null hypothesis testing; statistical analysis; statistical significance

Indexed keywords

EID: 66949127594     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015103     Document Type: Article

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