Chopped liver? Ok. Chopped data? Not Ok.

Statistical and Methodological Myths and Urban Legends: Doctrine, Verity and Fable in the Organizational and Social Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 361-386

  Butts, Marcus M ^a   Ng, Thomas W H ^a  

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EID: 84899842765     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203867266     Document Type: Chapter

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