What Do We Measure When We Measure Aggression?

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 685-704

  Longino, Helen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Behaviour; Measurement; Science and Society; Theoretical Pluralism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043263084     PISSN: 00393681     EISSN: 18792510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-3681(01)00020-6     Document Type: Article

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