A certain Je Ne Sais Quoi: Verbalization bias in evaluation

Human Communication Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 241-267

  McGlone, Matthew S ^a   Kobrynowicz, Diane ^a   Alexander, Ryan B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Independent Researcher ^*

^c Lazard Frer es and Co LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Global risk of cardiovascular disease; Intima media thickness; Preventive cardiology; Risk score

Indexed keywords

EID: 25844524683     PISSN: 03603989     EISSN: 14682958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hcr/31.2.241     Document Type: Article

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