Communicating Risk Assessments: Accuracy, Efficacy, and Responsibility

American Psychologist

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 939-944

  Schopp, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 0001765323     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.51.9.939     Document Type: Article

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