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Part V - Sampling as a Tool in Social Environments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2023

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Peter Juslin  and
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Klaus Fiedler
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Universität Heidelberg
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Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
Jerker Denrell
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University of Warwick
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Sampling in Judgment and Decision Making , pp. 357 - 464
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