Judging Proportion with Graphs: The Summation Model

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 173-190

  Hollands, J G ^a   Spence, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0001327730     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0720(199804)12:2<173::AID-ACP499>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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