Response-rate differences and response-enhancement effects by population type

Psychological Reports

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 336-338

  Green, Kathy E ^a   Boser, Judith A ^b   Hutchinson, Susan R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0005324291     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1998.83.1.336     Document Type: Article

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