Multifaceted Problems: Liberal Bias and the Need for Scientific Rigor in Self-Critical Research

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 508-511

  Skitka, Linda J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

hypothesis confirmation; ideology; researcher bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866089405     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691612454135     Document Type: Article

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