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Fear of Heterogeneity in the Study of Human Populations and the Statistical Artifacts It Produces

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Handbook of Diversity Issues in Health Psychology

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There are few absolute statements worth risking in characterizing bio-behavioral research with living human populations. One exception might be: Whatever the population, whatever the response, living human populations are heterogeneous.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, 94305

    Helena Chmura Kraemer

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Kraemer, H.C. (1996). Fear of Heterogeneity in the Study of Human Populations and the Statistical Artifacts It Produces. In: Kato, P.M., Mann, T. (eds) Handbook of Diversity Issues in Health Psychology. The Plenum Series in Culture and Health. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-27572-7_2

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