Sample size in psychological research over the past 30 years

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 331-348

  Marszalek, Jacob M ^a   Barber, Carolyn ^a   Kohlhart, Julie ^a   Holmes, Cooper B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORECASTING; HUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDITORIAL POLICIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLISHING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79959799592     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/03.11.PMS.112.2.331-348     Document Type: Article

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