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The Validity of the Implicit Association Test Is a Scientific Certainty

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Laurie A. Rudman*
Affiliation:
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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E-mail: rudman@rci.rutgers.edu, Address: Department of Psychology, Tillett Hall, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 53 Avenue E, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8040

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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2008 

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Department of Psychology Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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