Effect sizes in gifted education research

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 219-222

  Gentry, Marcia ^a   Peters, Scott J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Effect Size; Gifted Education Research; Quantitative Methods; Research Reporting; Statistical Significance

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650433745     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0016986209334976     Document Type: Article

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