Recommendations for the use of statistics in clinical and health psychology

Clinica y Salud

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-54

  Palmer, Alfonso ^a   Sesé, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clinical and health psychology; Methodological recommendations; Publication Rules; Statistical use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924527007     PISSN: 11305274     EISSN: 21740550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5093/cl2013a6     Document Type: Article

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