Emerging scholars graphing effects as fuzzy numbers in meta-analysis

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 957-977

  Thompson, Christopher G ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuzzy numbers; Meta analysis; Meta analysis graphics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975321442     PISSN: 15389472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22237/jmasm/1462078080     Document Type: Article

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