Sample selection and inductive generalization

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 596-607

  Lawson, Chris A ^a   Kalish, Charles W ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; SAMPLING;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURE; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; READING;

EID: 67650357368     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/MC.37.5.596     Document Type: Article

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