How to Conduct and Statistically Analyze Case-Based Time Series Studies, One Patient at a Time

Journal of Experimental Psychopathology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-169

  Nash, Michael R ^a   Borckardt, Jeffrey J ^b   Abbasa, Amineh ^a   Gray, Erin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

statistics psychotherapy outcome; time series

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860821672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20438087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5127/jep.012210     Document Type: Article

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