Choice shift and group polarization

American Sociological Review

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 856-875

  Friedkin, Noah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 0033492281     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657407     Document Type: Article

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