The New Statistics: A How-To Guide

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 161-170

  Cumming, Geoff ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Confidence intervals; Data analysis; Effect sizes; Estimation; Statistical reform; The new statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877314433     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: 17429544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ap.12018     Document Type: Article

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