Why Summaries of Research on Psychological Theories are Often Uninterpretable

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Meehl, Paul E. “Why Summaries of Research on Psychological Theories Are Often Uninterpretable”. Psychological Reports, vol. 66, no. 1, 1990, pp. 195-44, https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1990.66.1.195.
Meehl, P. E. (1990). Why Summaries of Research on Psychological Theories are Often Uninterpretable. Psychological Reports, 66(1), 195-244. https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1990.66.1.195
Meehl PE. Why Summaries of Research on Psychological Theories are Often Uninterpretable. Psychological Reports. 1990;66(1):195-244.
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