Is there life after P<0.05? Statistical significance and quantitative sociology

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 257-270

  Engman, Athena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epistemology; History of statistics; Probability; Statistical significance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872620206     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-011-9516-z     Document Type: Article

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