Is model construction open to strategic decisions? An exploration in the field of linear reasoning

Thinking and Reasoning

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-131

  Dierckx, Vicky ^a   Vandierendonck, André ^a   Pandelaere, Mario ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 0344629749     PISSN: 13546783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546780244000132     Document Type: Article

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