To cite the MBESS package in publications, please use:

Kelley K (2026). MBESS: The MBESS R Package. R package version 5.0.1, https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=MBESS.

Kelley K (2007). “Methods for the Behavioral, Educational, and Social Sciences: An R Package.” Behavior Research Methods, 39, 979–984.

Kelley K (2007). “Confidence Intervals for Standardized Effect Sizes: Theory, Application, and Implementation.” Journal of Statistical Software, 20(8), 1–24.

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Manual{,
    title = {{MBESS}: The {MBESS} {R} Package},
    author = {Ken Kelley},
    year = {2026},
    note = {R package version 5.0.1},
    url = {https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=MBESS},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {Methods for the Behavioral, Educational, and Social
      Sciences: An {R} Package},
    author = {Ken Kelley},
    journal = {Behavior Research Methods},
    year = {2007},
    volume = {39},
    pages = {979--984},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {Confidence Intervals for Standardized Effect Sizes:
      Theory, Application, and Implementation},
    author = {Ken Kelley},
    journal = {Journal of Statistical Software},
    year = {2007},
    volume = {20},
    number = {8},
    pages = {1--24},
  }