Random without replacement is not random: Caveat emptor

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 961-968

  Blais, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 58149395252     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BRM.40.4.961     Document Type: Article

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