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Educational Psychology
An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology
Volume 20, 2000 - Issue 3
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The Relationship Between Some Psychological Factors and their Effect on the Performance of Grid Questions and Word Association Tests

Mehmet Bahar Faculty of Education, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey
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Mike H. Hansell Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK
Pages 349-364 | Published online: 02 Jul 2010

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