Stereotypic images of the scientist: The draw‐a‐scientist test

1983/04/01 by David Wade Chambers, David W Chambers · 1,272 citations
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paper · pdf · doi:10.1002/sce.3730670213

published in Science Education 67(2), 255-265 (Wiley)

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