What's Wrong With Research Literatures? And How to Make Them Right

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 146-166

  Howard, George S ^a   Hill, Trey L ^a   Maxwell, Scott E ^a   Baptista, Telmo Mourinho ^b   Farias, Miguel H ^c   Coelho, Claudia ^d   Coulter Kern, Marcie ^e   Coulter Kern, Russell ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 66949179370     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015319     Document Type: Article

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