A brief primer on effect sizes

Journal of Teaching in Physical Education

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 251-254

  Thompson, Bruce ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Effect size; Meta analytic thinking; Replicability; Statistical significance

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350025244     PISSN: 02735024     EISSN: 15432769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jtpe.28.3.251     Document Type: Note

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