Faking of the implicit association test is statistically detectable and partly correctable

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 302-314

  Cvencek, Dario ^a   Greenwald, Anthony G ^a   Brown, Anthony S ^b   Gray, Nicola S ^c   Snowden, Robert J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Great Bardfield   (United Kingdom)

^c Pastoral Cymru Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78649470204     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2010.519236     Document Type: Article

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