Statistical significance versus effect size

International Encyclopedia of Education

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 444-450

  Fan, X ^a   Konold, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative hypothesis; Confidence interval; Effect size; Hypothesis test; Null hypothesis; Practical significance; Statistical significance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960914520     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-044894-7.01368-3     Document Type: Chapter

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