Cliff's delta calculator: A non-parametric effect size program for two groups of observations;Cliff's Delta Calculator: Un programa para calcular el tamaño del efecto no paramétrico al comparar dos grupos de observaciones

Universitas Psychologica

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 545-555

  Macbeth, Guill Ermo ^a   Razumiejczyk, Eugenia ^a   Ledesma, Rubén Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL SALVADOR   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Behavioural sciences; Cliff's delta; Data analysis; Effect size; Non parametric statistics; Psychological applications; Psychological research; Statistical software

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755195929     PISSN: 16579267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11144/javeriana.upsy10-2.cdcp     Document Type: Article

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