The other half of the story: Effect size analysis in quantitative research

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 345-351

  Maher, Jessica Middlemis ^a   Markey, Jonathan C ^a   Ebert May, Diane ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS;

META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84883894062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.13-04-0082     Document Type: Article

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