Do statistical methods replace reasoning in exercise science research? How to avoid statistics becoming merely a solution in search of a problem

Philosophy and the Sciences of Exercise, Health and Sport: Critical Perspectives on Research Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 111-125

  Cooper, Stephen Mark ^a   Nevill, Alan M ^b  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Cardiff School of Sport   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84906528241     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203506004     Document Type: Chapter

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