Explorations in statistics: Hypothesis tests and P values

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 81-86

  Curran Everett, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Power; R; Significance test; Software; Test statistic

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849084996     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.90218.2008     Document Type: Article

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