Laypersons’ Performance in the Determination of Authorship from a Homogenous Group Of Writers
By: Marie E. Durina and Michael P. Caligiuri
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.69525/jasqde.234 | Journal eISSN: 1524-7287
Language: English
Page range: 29 - 38
Published on: Dec 1, 2016
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