Effect size guidelines for individual differences researchers

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 102, Issue , 2016, Pages 74-78

  Gignac, Gilles E ^a   Szodorai, Eva T ^a  

^a TheUniversity of Western Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Correlations; Effect size; Guidelines

Indexed keywords

EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; POWER ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCIENTIST;

EID: 84977097854     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2016.06.069     Document Type: Article

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