The earth is round (p <. 05)

What If There Were No Significance Tests?: Classic Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 21-34

  Cohen, Jacob ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315629049-14     Document Type: Chapter

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