Asking questions: Measurement in the social sciences

Psychology's Territories: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives from Different Disciplines

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 225-250

  Strack, Fritz ^a   Schwarz, Norbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84925698349     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203936658     Document Type: Chapter

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