Decimal dust, significant digits, and the search for stars

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 687-694

  Bedeian, Arthur G ^a   Sturman, Michael C ^b   Streiner, David L ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Confidence intervals; Estimating and rounding numbers; Significant digits; Statistical precision

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350063491     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: 15527425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428108321153     Document Type: Article

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