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What Is Power?

September 15, 2017

By Angela L.E. Walmsley and Michael C. Brown, Concordia University Wisconsin For many teachers of introductory statistics, power is a concept that is often not used. In many cases, it’s avoided altogether. In fact, many Advanced Placement (AP) teachers stay away from the topic when they teach tests of significance, according to Floyd Bullard in “Power in Tests of … [Read more...] about What Is Power?

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