Satisficing in hypothesis generation

American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 475-500

  Garst, Jennifer ^a   Kerr, Norbert L ^b   Harris, Susan E ^c   Sheppard, Lori A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Michigan State University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION;

HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0036982731     PISSN: 00029556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1423524     Document Type: Article

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