Statistical Methods Used in Gifted Education Journals, 2006-2010

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 134-149

  Warne, Russell T ^a   Lazo, Maria ^b   Ramos, Tammy ^b   Ritter, Nicola ^b  

^a UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

literature review; methodology; quantitative methods; reliability; statistical analyses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862020805     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: 19349041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0016986212444122     Document Type: Article

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