Issues in assessing psychological characteristics at a distance: An introduction to the symposium

Political Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 511-527

  Schafer, Mark ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

At a distance measurements; Conceptual complexity; Operational code; Psychological characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034257342     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895X.00201     Document Type: Article

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