Why are effect sizes still neglected?

Psychologist

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 580-583

  Morris, Peter E ^a,b   Fritz, Catherine O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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