If mozart had died at your age: Psychologic versus statistical interence

Political Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 157-172

  Lebow, Richard Ned ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Counterfactuals; Mozart; Probability; Psycho logic; Statistical inference

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645276857     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2006.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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