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The Journal of Genetic Psychology
Research and Theory on Human Development
Volume 171, 2010 - Issue 3
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Children's and Adults’ Judgments of the Certainty of Deductive Inferences, Inductive Inferences, and Guesses

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Pages 203-217 | Received 16 Jan 2009, Accepted 07 Jul 2009, Published online: 08 Aug 2010

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