Centrality and accuracy in group quantity estimations

Group Dynamics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 155-165

  Bonner, Bryan L ^a,d   Gonzalez, Celia M ^b   Sommer, Denise ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; GROUP DYNAMICS; MODEL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 4544297314     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2699.8.3.155     Document Type: Article

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