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Metadata
- Authors
- IRWIN, F. W.
- Affiliations
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Corresponding author
- IRWIN, FRANCIS W.
- Venue
- Journal of Personality
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1953-03
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 329-335
- ISSN
- 0022-3506 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-6494
- OpenAlex
- W2107175898
- Cited by
- 281
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 3.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Personality (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
- Keywords
- outcome probability, outcome expectations, subjective probability
- MeSH terms
- Behavior, Humans, Motivation, Probability
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