The effect of comparative context on central tendency and variability judgements and the evaluation of group characteristics

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 173-184

  Doosje, Bertjan ^a   Haslam, S Alexander ^b   Spears, Russell ^b   Oakes, Penelope J ^b   Koomen, Willem ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032362938     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0992(199803/04)28:2<173::AID-EJSP862>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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