Null Hypothesis Significance Testing: Philosophical and Practical Considerations of a Statistical Controversy
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عنوان ژورنال: Exceptionality
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0936-2835,1532-7035
DOI: 10.1207/s15327035ex1104_2