Elementary school-age children's capacity to choose positive diagnostic and negative diagnostic tests

Child Development

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 857-866

  Samuels, Mark C ^a   McDonald, John ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

AFFECT; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 0036579738     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00443     Document Type: Review

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