Effects of Causal Uncertainty on the Dispositional Attribution Process

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-135

  Edwards, John A ^a  

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EID: 0032368704     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jesp.1997.1345     Document Type: Article

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