Height, weight, and body fat: Assessments of covariation based on visual information or reported correlations

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 99-110

  Mcgahan, Joseph R ^a   Williamson, J David ^b   Bonnette, Christina ^b   Pettway, Jamie ^b   Payton, Melanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031991222     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003151259808600101     Document Type: Article

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