An evaluator's guide to detecting attrition problems

Evaluation Review

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 695-723

  Foster, E Michael ^a,b   Bickman, Leonard ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000419573     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X9602000603     Document Type: Article

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