An Empirical Test of a Taxonomy of Responses to Anomalous Data in Science

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 623-654

  Chinn, Clark A ^a   Brewer, William F ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0000307606     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199808)35:6<623::AID-TEA3>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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