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Statistical Rigor and the Perils of Chance

Katherine S. Button
eNeuro 14 July 2016, 3 (4) ENEURO.0030-16.2016; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0030-16.2016
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1Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0030-16.2016
PubMed 
27482537
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History 
  • Received February 15, 2016
  • Revision received May 26, 2016
  • Accepted May 27, 2016
  • Published online July 14, 2016.
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Copyright © 2016 Button This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed.

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  1. Katherine S. Button1
  1. 1Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom
  1. Correspondence should be addressed to Katherine S. Button, Department of Psychology, University of Bath, 10 West, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK. E-mail: k.s.button{at}bath.ac.uk.
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