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Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 387-401

  Rice, Stephen ^a   Trafimow, David ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

errors; hypothesis testing; p value; statistics; type

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858975748     PISSN: 1463922X     EISSN: 1464536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14639220902853096     Document Type: Article

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