Improved stopping rules for the design of efficient small-sample experiments in biomedical and biobehavioral research

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-22

  Fitts, Douglas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 77952476153     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BRM.42.1.3     Document Type: Article

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