Revisiting Truth or Triviality: The External Validity of Research in the Psychological Laboratory

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-117

  Mitchell, Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

Author keywords

effect size; external validity; generalizability; meta analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857976435     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691611432343     Document Type: Article

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