Through a Narrow Window: Sample Size and the Perception of Correlation

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 278-287

  Kareev, Yaakov ^a   Lieberman, Iris ^a   Lev, Miri ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 0031478651     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.126.3.278     Document Type: Article

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