Reducing people's judgment bias about their level of knowledge

Psychological Record

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 587-600

  Flannelly, Laura T ^a,c   Flannelly, Kevin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Center for Psychosocial Research   (United States)

^c University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene   (United States)

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EID: 0034397852     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03395373     Document Type: Article

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