Ontology, Measurement, and Other Fundamental Problems of Scientific Inference

Psychological Inquiry

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 259-262

  Markon, Kristian E ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

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EID: 84940482601     PISSN: 1047840X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047840X.2015.1039921     Document Type: Note

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