Psychology will be a much better science when we change the way we analyze data

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 161-171

  Loftus, Geoffrey R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0030299532     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.ep11512376     Document Type: Article

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