Measuring Within- and Between-Group Agreement: Identifying the Proportion of Shared and Unique Beliefs Across Samples

Field Methods

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 6-25

  Weller, Susan C ^a   Baer, Roberta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 84993746144     PISSN: 1525822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525822X02014001002     Document Type: Article

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