The power of precise numbers: A conversational logic analysis

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 944-946

  Zhang, Y Charles ^a   Schwarz, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anchoring; Judgement; Logic of conversation; Pragmatics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878987443     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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