Replication and the experimental ethnography of science

Journal of Cognition and Culture

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 731-758

  Tweney, Ryan D ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33746044288     PISSN: 15677095     EISSN: 15685373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568537042484968     Document Type: Article

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