The need to control for regression to the mean in social psychology studies

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Yu, Rongjun ^a   Chen, Li ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Regression to the mean; Repeated measurements; Social conformity; Social psychology; Unrealistic optimism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926653942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01574     Document Type: Article

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