8. On A Distinction Between Hypothetical Constructs And Intervening Variables
1948/01/01 by Kenneth MacCorquodale, Paul E. Meehl · 1 voice · 1,116 citations
Arts and Humanities · Medicine · Psychology · #Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology #Cognitive psychology #Philosophy and History of Science #Philosophy, Science, and History #Psychology #Social psychology
paper · doi:10.1037/h0056029
published in Psychological Review 55(2), 249-107 (American Psychological Association)
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