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Human Behavior Genetics

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Handbook of Multivariate Experimental Psychology

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Since the publication of the first edition of this handbook (Cattell, 1966), behavior genetics has become almost completely multivariate in character. This development was inevitable given the nature of the research, conceptualization of the problems under investigation, advances in multivariate methodology, and the advent of fast computers.

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  1. Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 63110, USA

    George P. Vogler

  2. Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 80309, USA

    David W. Fulker

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  1. Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA

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    Raymond B. Cattell

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Vogler, G.P., Fulker, D.W. (1988). Human Behavior Genetics. In: Nesselroade, J.R., Cattell, R.B. (eds) Handbook of Multivariate Experimental Psychology. Perspectives on Individual Differences. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0893-5_15

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