Ideological bias in social psychological research

Social Psychology and Politics

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 91-109

  Jussim, Lee ^a   Crawford, Jarret T ^b   Anglin, Stephanie M ^a   Stevens, Sean T ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The College of New Jersey   (United States)

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EID: 84941801300     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315717104     Document Type: Chapter

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