The dilution effect: Judgmental bias, conversational convention, or a bit of both?

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 915-934

  Tetlock, Philip E ^b   Lerner, Jennifer S ^a   Boettger, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030521328     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0992(199611)26:6<915::AID-EJSP797>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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