Generalizing from atypical cases: How general a tendency?

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 345-361

  Krupat, Edward ^a   Smith, Richard H ^b   Leach, Colin Wayne ^b   Jackson, Mark A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031487573     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp1903_5     Document Type: Article

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