Pandas and Penguins, Monkeys and Caterpillars: Problems of Cluster Analysis in Semantic Verbal Fluency

Qualitative Research in Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-41

  Body, Richard ^a   Muskett, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assessment; clustering; verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869763979     PISSN: 14780887     EISSN: 14780895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14780887.2011.586104     Document Type: Article

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