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The Yates' correction factor in chi-squared analyses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Peter Dawson
Peter Dawson*
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Mental Health Services Whakatane, Bay of Plenty New Zealand
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 159 , Issue 2 , August 1991 , pp. 292
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Copyright © 1991 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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