Establishing the reliability of word association data for investigating individual and group differences

Applied Linguistics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 23-50

  Fitzpatrick, Tess ^a   Playfoot, David ^b   Wray, Alison ^a   Wright, Margaret J ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

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EID: 84925684101     PISSN: 01426001     EISSN: 1477450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/applin/amt020     Document Type: Article

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