How to make decisions about the effectiveness of device-based training: Elaborations on what everybody knows

Military Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-135

  Boldovici, John A ^a   Kolasinski, Eugenia M ^a  

^a US Army Research Institute   (United States)

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EID: 0343913185     PISSN: 08995605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327876mp0902_1     Document Type: Article

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