The use of the effect size in JCR Spanish journals of psychology: From theory to fact

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1050-1055

  García, Juan García ^a   Campos, Elena Ortega ^a   De La Fuente Sánchez, Leticia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Effect sizes; Null hypothesis testing; Spanish journals of psychology; Statistical significance testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 81155144504     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5209/rev_SJOP.2011.v14.n2.49     Document Type: Article

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