Taxometric analysis: An empirically grounded approach to implementing the method

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1588-1622

  Ruscio, John ^a  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Consistency tests; Simulated comparison data; Taxometric analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 36249002230     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854807307027     Document Type: Article

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