Statistical and Mathematical Modeling versus NHST? There's No Competition!

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 340-347

  Rodgers, Joseph Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mathematical modelsd; Modeling; NHST (or Null Hypothesis Significance Testing)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864295631     PISSN: 15389472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22237/jmasm/1288584120     Document Type: Article

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