What's normal anyway? Normal and non-normal distributions in psychiatry

Acta Neuropsychiatrica

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 305-310

  Sara, Grant ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH SERVICE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 78349273685     PISSN: 09242708     EISSN: 16015215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5215.2010.00503.x     Document Type: Review

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