How persuasive is a good fit? A comment on theory testing

Psychological Review

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 358-367

  Roberts, Seth ^a   Pashler, Harold ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 0034168516     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.107.2.358     Document Type: Review

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