Biased sampling: No 'Homer Simpson Effect' among high achievers

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 622-623

  Dugdale, Hannah L ^a,b   Hinsch, Martin ^b   Schroeder, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PERSONNEL; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICS;

ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SELF-ASSESSMENT;

EID: 81055156185     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2011.07.005     Document Type: Letter

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