The large sample size fallacy

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 487-492

  Lantz, Björn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Effect size; Nursing research; P value; Practical significance; Statistical significance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; NURSING RESEARCH; SAMPLE SIZE;

HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84877794142     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2012.01052.x     Document Type: Article

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