Connecting scientific reasoning and causal inference

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 261-288

  Kuhn, Deanna ^a   Dean Jr , David ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LOGIC; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIABLE CAUSAL INTERFERENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

EID: 33748497855     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327647jcd0502_5     Document Type: Article

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