Improving descriptions of single-subject experiments in research texts written for undergraduates

Psychological Record

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-66

  Dermer, Marshall Lev ^a   Hoch, Theodore A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Milwaukee ^*

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EID: 0033414502     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03395306     Document Type: Article

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