Anchoring and Adjusting in Questionnaire Responses

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 417-433

  Gehlbach, Hunter ^a   Barge, Scott ^b  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b GOSHEN COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84866865350     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2012.711691     Document Type: Article

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