Understanding and Using the Implicit Association Test: I. An Improved Scoring Algorithm

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 197-216

  Greenwald, Anthony G ^a   Nosek, Brian A ^b   Banaji, Mahzarin R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REACTION TIME; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 0042549769     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.85.2.197     Document Type: Article

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