Copula + Adjective: An a-posteriori power analysis for the generalizability of results
Issue: Vol 4 No. 2 (2017)
Journal: Journal of Research Design and Statistics in Linguistics and Communication Science
Subject Areas: Linguistics
DOI: 10.1558/jrds.33845
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Author: Jorge Aguilar-Sánchez
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