Questions and comparisons: Methods of research in social psychology

The SAGE Handbook of Social Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 24-42

  Ellsworth, Phoebe C ^a   Gonzalez, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781848608221.n2     Document Type: Chapter

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