A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: The Case for Graphic Representations

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 104-110

  Dansereau, Donald F ^a   Simpson, D Dwayne ^a  

^a Christian University   (United States)

Author keywords

communication enhancement; evidence based; node link representations; technology transfer; visual displays

Indexed keywords

EID: 60549086772     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0011827     Document Type: Article

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