Must Psychologists Change the Way They Analyze Their Data?

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 716-719

  Bem, Daryl J ^a   Utts, Jessica ^b   Johnson, Wesley O ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Ringgold Standard Institution Informatics   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; ESP; Psi; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 80053249358     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024777     Document Type: Article

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