Beyond Gender Differences: Using Tests of Equivalence to Evaluate Gender Similarities

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 147-154

  Ball, Laura C ^a   Cribbie, Robert A ^a   Steele, Jennifer R ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

equivalence testing; human sex differences; hypothesis testing; statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878087861     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361684313480483     Document Type: Article

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