Time to abandon small-sample cohort research in health psychology?

Health Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 339-340

  Jewett, Lisa R ^a   Newton, Evan G ^a   Smith, Sascha ^a   Thombs, Brett D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; EFFECT SIZE; HEALTH; HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; RESEARCH;

BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; RESEARCH; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 77955331466     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017789     Document Type: Editorial

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