Point-of-time effects across the semester: Is there a sampling bias?

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 211-219

  Wang, Alvin Y ^a   Jentsch, Florian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0000391891     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223989809599160     Document Type: Article

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