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A Comparison of Statistical Tests for Likert-Type Data: The Case of Swearwords

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|Oct 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/johd.132 | Journal eISSN: 2059-481X
Language: English
Submitted on: Aug 17, 2023
Accepted on: Oct 2, 2023
Published on: Oct 30, 2023
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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