Graph use in psychology and other sciences

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 54, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 155-165

  Best, Lisa A ^a   Smith, Laurence D ^a   Stubbs, D Alan ^a  

^a University of Maine   (United States)

Author keywords

Graphs; Hard science; Playfair; Soft science; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ASSAY; AVERAGE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COUNSELING; DATA ANALYSIS; HARDNESS; HUMAN; LEARNING; LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0035799540     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(01)00156-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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