Beta regression finite mixture models of polarization and priming

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 804-831

  Smithson, Michael ^a   Merkle, Edgar C ^b   Verkuilen, Jay ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

anchoring; beta distribution; mixture model; polarization; priming

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455186429     PISSN: 10769986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/1076998610396893     Document Type: Article

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