Effects of Numerical and Graphical Displays on Professed Risk-Taking Behavior

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 243-256

  Stone, Eric R ^a   Yates, J Frank ^b   Parker, Andrew M ^c  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0000158211     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.3.4.243     Document Type: Article

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