Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education

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APA

Agus, M., Peró-Cebollero, M., Guàrdia-Olmos, J., Pessa, E., Figus, R., & Penna, M. P. (2019). A Comparison of Probabilistic Reasoning in Psychology Undergraduates in Italy and Spain: Seeking Cross-national Evidence. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 15(10), em1752. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/106232

Vancouver

Agus M, Peró-Cebollero M, Guàrdia-Olmos J, Pessa E, Figus R, Penna MP. A Comparison of Probabilistic Reasoning in Psychology Undergraduates in Italy and Spain: Seeking Cross-national Evidence. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2019;15(10):em1752. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/106232

AMA

Agus M, Peró-Cebollero M, Guàrdia-Olmos J, Pessa E, Figus R, Penna MP. A Comparison of Probabilistic Reasoning in Psychology Undergraduates in Italy and Spain: Seeking Cross-national Evidence. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2019;15(10), em1752. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/106232

Chicago

Agus, Mirian, Maribel Peró-Cebollero, Joan Guàrdia-Olmos, Eliano Pessa, Rita Figus, and Maria Pietronilla Penna. "A Comparison of Probabilistic Reasoning in Psychology Undergraduates in Italy and Spain: Seeking Cross-national Evidence". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2019 15 no. 10 (2019): em1752. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/106232

Harvard

Agus, M., Peró-Cebollero, M., Guàrdia-Olmos, J., Pessa, E., Figus, R., and Penna, M. P. (2019). A Comparison of Probabilistic Reasoning in Psychology Undergraduates in Italy and Spain: Seeking Cross-national Evidence. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 15(10), em1752. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/106232

MLA

Agus, Mirian et al. "A Comparison of Probabilistic Reasoning in Psychology Undergraduates in Italy and Spain: Seeking Cross-national Evidence". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 15, no. 10, 2019, em1752. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/106232