On the equivalence of superordinate concepts

Cognition

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 269-298

  Wisniewskia, Edward J ^a   Imai, Mutsumi ^b   Casey, Lyman ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0030237039     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0010-0277(96)00707-X     Document Type: Article

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