Empirical tests on regressive estimations: Implications on surveys and diaries

Psychological Reports

Volumn 94, Issue 3 I, 2004, Pages 1061-1074

  Toh, Rex S ^a   Lee, Eunkyu ^b   Hu, Michael Y ^c  

^a SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VALIDATION STUDY; WRITING;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WRITING;

EID: 3142677777     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.94.3.1061-1074     Document Type: Article

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