Participant recruitment methods and statistical reasoning performance

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 965-976

  Brase, Gary L ^a   Fiddick, Laurence ^b   Harries, Clare ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REWARD; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APTITUDE; BAYES THEOREM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; REWARD; SELECTION BIAS; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646383633     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724980543000132     Document Type: Article

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