Development and Validation of the Scientific Reasoning Scale

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 26-38

  Drummond, Caitlin ^a   Fischhoff, Baruch ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; individual differences; judgment; science communication; scientific reasoning

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS; DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; DRAWING; EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; RELIGION; SKILL; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY;

EID: 84952055610     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.1906     Document Type: Article

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