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A critique of factor analytic approaches to the study of credibility

Gary Cronkhite Teach in the Department of Rhetoric, University of California, Davis
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Jo Liska Teach in the Department of Rhetoric, University of California, Davis
Pages 91-107 | Published online: 02 Jun 2009

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