Paper rejected (p>0.05): An introduction to the debate on appropriateness of null-hypothesis testing

International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 86-93

  Dunlop, Mark D ^a   Baillie, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human machine systems; Mobile technologies; Systems evaluation

Indexed keywords

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; USER INTERFACES;

MOBILE HCI; MOBILE TECHNOLOGY; NULL HYPOTHESIS; P-VALUES; SHORT POSITION; STATISTICAL TESTING; SYSTEMS EVALUATIONS; TESTING METHOD;

TESTING;

EID: 84883334426     PISSN: 1942390X     EISSN: 19423918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jmhci.2009070108     Document Type: Article

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