Descriptive Statistics, Part II: Most Commonly Used Descriptive Statistics
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1539-0136,1744-6155
DOI: 10.1111/j.1088-145x.2003.00111.x