Much pain, little gain? Paradigm-specific models and methods in experimental psychology

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-191

  Meiser, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Experimental psychology; Illusory correlation; Pseudo contingency; Research paradigm; Spurious correlation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051827754     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691611400241     Document Type: Article

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