Abstract and concrete data in the perseverance of social theories: When weak data lead to unshakeable beliefs
- 31 March 1983
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
- Vol. 19 (2) , 93-108
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-1031(83)90031-8
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