Mind the level: problems with two recent nation-level analyses in psychology.
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SUBMITTER: Kuppens T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4179703 | biostudies-literature | 2014
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Mind the level: problems with two recent nation-level analyses in psychology.
Kuppens Toon T Pollet Thomas V TV
Frontiers in psychology 20140930
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