Precise Performance: Do Citizens Rely on Numerical Precision as a Cue of Confidence?

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Precise Performance : Do Citizens Rely on Numerical Precision as a Cue of Confidence? / Olsen, Asmus Leth.

Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen , 2018.

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Olsen, AL 2018 'Precise Performance: Do Citizens Rely on Numerical Precision as a Cue of Confidence?' Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen .

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Olsen, A. L. (2018). Precise Performance: Do Citizens Rely on Numerical Precision as a Cue of Confidence? Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen .

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Olsen AL. Precise Performance: Do Citizens Rely on Numerical Precision as a Cue of Confidence? Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen . 2018 Jan 1.

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Olsen, Asmus Leth. / Precise Performance : Do Citizens Rely on Numerical Precision as a Cue of Confidence?. Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen , 2018.

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